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Scuba

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2. If it was a liberal plant, why didn't the teabaggers call out the racist and send him on his way?
Sat Oct 19, 2013, 08:17 PM
Oct 2013

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KnR nt bemildred Oct 2013 #1
If it was a liberal plant, why didn't the teabaggers call out the racist and send him on his way? Scuba Oct 2013 #2
He was "outed" by "Glen Beks" on Facebook. No way he is a plant. Gore1FL Oct 2013 #6
True. Enthusiast Oct 2013 #21
There may have been only one confederate flag, but there were lots of those so called Gadsden flag Hoyt Oct 2013 #3
Confederate Flag Guy ThoughtCriminal Oct 2013 #4
The flag guy looks too genuine to be fake....nt Enthusiast Oct 2013 #22
As for Lee's Paradox, he was trapped in a Sophie's Choice dilemma Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #5
That doesn't excuse a damned thing Lee did. IrishAyes Oct 2013 #7
+1. And the article at the link saves me the trouble of making an OP. freshwest Oct 2013 #8
It wasn't an intent to excuse anything but to reflect the inherent stupidity of regionalism whether Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #9
You did seem to be offering Lee an easy way out from his perfidy. No choice? Little choice? IrishAyes Oct 2013 #10
I was just presenting Lee's reality now whether you choose to sympathize with that point of view Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #11
Lee never murdered anyone? Dragging them onto a battlefield in a totally unnecessary war IrishAyes Oct 2013 #12
Lee didn't drag anyone on to the battlefield, they were enthusiastic about fighting because Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #13
W/O secession, there wouldn't have been a war in the first place. IrishAyes Oct 2013 #14
Lee didn't support secession and he didn't turn Lincoln's offer down Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #15
Lee failed his duty to humanity and country. Doesn't really matter what Virginia did or didn't do IrishAyes Oct 2013 #16
I'm out for the evening as well. Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #17
Yeah. That's why they had the home guard coldmountain Oct 2013 #19
"Lee didn't drag anyone on to the battlefield..." thucythucy Oct 2013 #20
With Lee it was no myth his family was being torn apart, his decision was based on that dynamic. Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #23
Lee's plantation, Arlington, is still there struggle4progress Oct 2013 #18
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