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gatorboy
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Mon Mar-06-06 11:23 AM Original message |
What if the South had won the Civil War? |
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Teaser
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Mon Mar-06-06 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
1. They have. |
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Skidmore
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Mon Mar-06-06 11:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. You beat me to it. |
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FarLeftRage
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Mon Mar-06-06 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
3. My Confederate money would be real |
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gordianot
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Mon Mar-06-06 11:26 AM Original message |
To a large degree it never ended. |
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fleabert
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Mon Mar-06-06 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
4. it's a good film. |
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Swede
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Mon Mar-06-06 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
5. Alternate reality stories always tell us about our own. |
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YOY
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Mon Mar-06-06 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
6. Interesting...but a lot of shock value and probably very little real |
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Newsjock
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Mon Mar-06-06 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
7. A big thumbs-up for the movie |
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Clark2008
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Mon Mar-06-06 11:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. So - really though, if the South had won, then we wouldn't be |
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SoCalDem
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Mon Mar-06-06 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
8. They didn't win?? |
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ck4829
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Mon Mar-06-06 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
9. This guy would be President |
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BlueEyedSon
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Mon Mar-06-06 11:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. "would"? |
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Harry S Truman
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Mon Mar-06-06 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
10. That is totally absurd |
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DBoon
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Mon Mar-06-06 11:56 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. And that's the scary part of a true CSA win |
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adwon
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
37. No |
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tom_paine
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:06 PM Response to Reply #37 |
51. I disagree, you are speaking of a South which was forced to civilize |
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adwon
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Mon Mar-06-06 02:15 PM Response to Reply #51 |
58. This makes no sense |
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tom_paine
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Tue Mar-07-06 10:50 PM Response to Reply #58 |
65. No, the South had no Saul to Paul moment |
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adwon
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Wed Mar-08-06 12:48 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. What a skewed view |
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Bridget Burke
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Mon Mar-06-06 03:38 PM Response to Reply #37 |
60. I agree with you. |
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Strawman
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
39. exactly |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
40. No the film says only one nation |
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NoPasaran
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Mon Mar-06-06 03:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
59. At least two nations, if not more |
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SaveElmer
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Mon Mar-06-06 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
11. Glad to see it is Spike Lee's film... |
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SheilaT
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Spike Lee did not make the film. |
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SaveElmer
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Thanks for the correction... |
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SheilaT
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Check out Turtledove. |
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unblock
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Mon Mar-06-06 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
12. then maybe WE would control all three branches of government? |
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DBoon
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Mon Mar-06-06 11:57 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. and the "yankee" US would look more European |
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Tesha
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. If only, if only... |
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tn-guy
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
57. Maybe in the USA, almost certain in the CSA |
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havocmom
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Mon Mar-06-06 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
13. Team Bush would have stayed in New England? |
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Kerrytravelers
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Mon Mar-06-06 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
15. I saw it a short while ago. Here is my archieved thread on the film. |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
41. I remember that thread |
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Kerrytravelers
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Mon Mar-06-06 09:24 PM Response to Reply #41 |
63. Good for you. |
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Mon Mar-06-06 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
18. Deleted message |
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
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Tesha
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. No, the truth just hurts. (NT) |
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Clark2008
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:55 PM Response to Reply #29 |
47. The truth that you accused me of being backward? |
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Tesha
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:21 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. I'm perfectly willing to judge individual Southerners as individuals. |
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AllegroRondo
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
36. In the CSA movie, the North is taken over by the South |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:41 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Lincoln's escape!! LOL |
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yurbud
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Mon Mar-06-06 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
19. they won when we ended Reconstruction which should have been done |
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Rocknrule
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Mon Mar-06-06 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
21. The USA would be Republican free |
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gordianot
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:10 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Or Democrats would never have become Progressive. |
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Strawman
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
53. Wrong. The Republicans would be progressive on racial issues |
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Clark2008
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
22. Well, I won't be seeing this tripe. |
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Rocknrule
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. "There are 2 things I can't stand... |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
43. Oh no that is not what it is like at all |
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Clark2008
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:58 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. The problem has been more the responses on this thread. |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:00 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. They probably never will |
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gunsaximbo
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
27. Who say's they haven't? |
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FloridaPat
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
30. Interesting. Is the assumption of the film that we would still be one |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:45 PM Response to Reply #30 |
44. Yes one country |
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Tsiyu
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
31. What if the Spanish, Dutch, French or British hadn't come to the New World |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
45. They are a big part of why the south won the war |
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grytpype
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
34. There was a hilarious thread on fark.com about this subject... |
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Ignacio Upton
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Wed Mar-08-06 01:02 PM Response to Reply #34 |
68. Mexico will probably look like that in 50 years |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
35. Oh it is wonderful |
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Rageneau
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
38. Civil War students know that there's no "truth" being shown here. |
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proud2BlibKansan
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:52 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. LOL I take it you haven't seen this movie |
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tom_paine
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
50. Then Hitler wins WWII and all European Jews are killed, for starters |
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Bridget Burke
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Mon Mar-06-06 03:41 PM Response to Reply #50 |
62. What makes you think the North would have been Liberal? |
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tom_paine
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Tue Mar-07-06 10:58 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Um...it already was by the time of the Civil War |
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FreedomAngel82
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
52. That looks really good |
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Taverner
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
54. They did win |
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DBoon
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
56. CSA = Argentina in the 1970's |
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Ignacio Upton
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Wed Mar-08-06 01:04 PM Response to Reply #56 |
69. Latin America is/was heavily class-based |
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WilliamPitt
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Mon Mar-06-06 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
61. Um...they did win. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Mon Mar-06-06 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
64. They did until the Civil Rights Act. |
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Radio_Guy
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Wed Mar-08-06 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
70. I wish I could see it |
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