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Henry203

(929 posts) Thu Jan 23, 2025, 09:23 AM Jan 2025

We are witnessing the viciousness of the confederacy [View all]

Trump is being supported by people like Kennedy( Louisiana), Mike Johnson, Tuberville, Graham etc. They all embody the cruelness of slavery. It is not hard to imagine these people whipping slaves. We are close to a second civil war.

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We are witnessing the viciousness of the confederacy [View all] Henry203 Jan 2025 OP

Please do not leave out Cruz (Texas). Cruelty and obnoxiousness is part of the GOP platform. walkingman Jan 2025 #1

Confederate southern states used to be solidly Democratic till civil rights came along and federal laws and sop Jan 2025 #2

Yes. And there WERE some Confederacy sympathizers in the northern states. raging moderate Jan 2025 #3

Southern states blessed w warm lush climate yet they are money sinks Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2025 #4

They were conservative "Southern Democrats" Basso8vb Jan 2025 #5

That was a completely different Democratic party. Susan Calvin Jan 2025 #17

Dixiecrats. sop Jan 2025 #22

Old news. The Democratic Party was split between wnylib Jan 2025 #21

The Union should have hanged Lee, Davis and the gang dalton99a Jan 2025 #6

The Union should have also insisted on completing Reconstruction meow2u3 Jan 2025 #10

The South has won the Civil War AverageOldGuy Jan 2025 #7

Knights Clouds Passing Jan 2025 #11

Thank you for mentioning this topic. LastDemocratInSC Jan 2025 #14

The fact that such events are completely untaught in our schools is damning... Moostache Jan 2025 #15

If we had a national football team LastDemocratInSC Jan 2025 #29

Their continued promotion of slavery to this day has taken hold of our government, business, etc Clouds Passing Jan 2025 #19

The worst of the worst anniebelle Jan 2025 #8

The forces which drove the old south were centrifugal, that is, spinning them away from united action. Simeon Salus Jan 2025 #9

The Capital police force (in its entirety) should resign today. cer7711 Jan 2025 #12

What the fuck? intheflow Jan 2025 #13

Exactly! The return of the Confederacy is a big part of all this. ananda Jan 2025 #16

I am originally from PA and now live in NY state. wnylib Jan 2025 #23

The ultimate result of not hanging Robert E. Lee as a traitor. alarimer Jan 2025 #18

Lincoln's goal, if he had lived, was to reunite the wnylib Jan 2025 #24

It didn't work in the long run, did it? alarimer Jan 2025 #27

Well, it did not last long because Lincoln himself wnylib Jan 2025 #28

Agree whole heartedly Kali999 Jan 2025 #20

The Trump Confederacy moondust Jan 2025 #25

The "Civil War" as you put it already started years ago Blue_Tires Jan 2025 #26

The craziness Dem4life1234 Jan 2025 #30