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paleotn

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12. That would be funny in an ironic way if it weren't so sad...

Reply to mantis49 (Reply #11)

Sat Dec 10, 2016, 09:40 AM

Dec 2016

I thought it was just a southern phenomenon, "the lost cause" crap and "my great, great, great, great grandfather fought for the confederacy", heritage dodge. I guess up north, it's purely racist, with no thin cover story.

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Not strange.... mantis49 Dec 2016 #11

That would be funny in an ironic way if it weren't so sad... paleotn Dec 2016 #12

It is purely racist. mantis49 Dec 2016 #18

White people were lynched, too. graegoyle Dec 2016 #13