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bigyabaitoday at 3:43 PM1 replyview on HN

It's been a joke ever since The Lost Cause was invented.


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smallmancontrovtoday at 4:08 PM

Well, before they lost the Civil War they believed that "states rights" should apply to the administration of slavery but not the non-administration of slavery (the Fugitive Slave Laws). The hypocrisy runs deep.

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