Roy Moore's incredible 'even though we had slavery' quote

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2. Ignoramuses like him

apparently think that people never abandoned spouses or children, and no woman ever tried to end an abortion is some mythical time in the past. The sad reality is that we've always had such things, and add to those murder, rape, pillaging, torture, and whatever else you care to add.

I often suggest that people read the first chapter of Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder to get a look into how less than idyllic schools were in the mid 19th century.