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3. Mm-hm. It's a touchy subject all right.

Sat Aug 19, 2017, 05:42 PM

Aug 2017

The historical whitewashing - particularly all the nonsense about slaves being treated "like family" and such - is a big part of that.

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The best part is, sandensea Aug 2017 #1

Never spent much time in the deep south Bradshaw3 Aug 2017 #2

Mm-hm. It's a touchy subject all right. sandensea Aug 2017 #3

Good points, especially the last one Bradshaw3 Aug 2017 #5