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1. Or as another Southerner put it ...

Wed Oct 7, 2015, 01:21 PM

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Or as another Southerner put it ... eppur_se_muova Oct 2015 #1

Took the words right out of my mouth iandhr Oct 2015 #14

Of course it was. And so was Jim Crow. yellowcanine Oct 2015 #2

PLUS ONE, a huge bunch! Enthusiast Oct 2015 #11

Not just in the south ... TBF Oct 2015 #8

Are you sure they are voting against their own interests RATHER THAN Stevepol Oct 2015 #15

No I am not sure. Good point. GoneFishin Oct 2015 #19

We used to have a poster on DU TBF Oct 2015 #20

Yep my nephew for example flygal Oct 2015 #27

You are correct, of course. GoneFishin Oct 2015 #18

I grew up in WI harun Oct 2015 #23

Most of our family farms are gone too - TBF Oct 2015 #25

And the remnants of that exploitative system remain: JDPriestly Oct 2015 #9

This can't be right, it completely defies teh Trickle Down Major Nikon Oct 2015 #5

In addition, wealthy Southerners who couldn't produce "middle class" Hortensis Oct 2015 #7

He's Right: Most White People Did Not Benefit From Slavery NonMetro Oct 2015 #12

In memoriam: Joe Bageant, the poor man's Hunter S. Thompson. DinahMoeHum Oct 2015 #16

I feel no sympathy for middle and lower class whites who vote Republican YoungDemCA Oct 2015 #17

Think about the psychology at work - TBF Oct 2015 #21

So what? ibegurpard Oct 2015 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author mhatrw Oct 2015 #26