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ExWhoDoesntCare

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49. Now you know why the traitor thugs

Thu Dec 28, 2023, 08:13 AM

Dec 2023

Are trying to remove reality from libraries and teaching materials. Because if they can fill kid's heads with white trash lies, then you have them believing those lies for life.

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Nikki Haley was asked by a voter what was the cause of the Civil War. It did not go well. [View all] Swede Dec 2023 OP

What a doof. Add to that the SC decision to MOMFUDSKI Dec 2023 #1

Yeah, government interference with (certain) people's freedom to own slaves. tanyev Dec 2023 #2

She's got to know she wouldn't have fared very well in the southern states in the... PJMcK Dec 2023 #63

++ a wreck and rw tool, 'freedom' is the overused response appalachiablue Dec 2023 #79

Yeah, government interference in states' rights to let their people own other people. Ocelot II Dec 2023 #3

The freedom to own other people. JenniferJuniper Dec 2023 #4

no sound clip? would make a good ad then nt msongs Dec 2023 #5

Yes there is. See my post #24 IcyPeas Dec 2023 #25

Let's see.... madaboutharry Dec 2023 #6

and she says she will pardon Trump. Emile Dec 2023 #7

how on EARTH did this ignotwit get elected to any office, much less GOVERNOR? I know, it's SC but still... CurtEastPoint Dec 2023 #8

It's often a personality contest IbogaProject Dec 2023 #22

She's not totally stupid ExWhoDoesntCare Dec 2023 #48

Because she blows all the MAGAt dog whistles to keep some credibility within that community, while pretending Martin68 Dec 2023 #60

Yes not fooled Dec 2023 #68

The Post constantly reminds of Haley's contradictory or ambiguous stances. They headlined her failure to slavery fail. Martin68 Dec 2023 #82

A birdbrain's view dalton99a Dec 2023 #9

It is a view that's held in The Confederate South Kennah Dec 2023 #10

I have been unable to convince my MiL that the civil war was about slavery. TomSlick Dec 2023 #17

My late father went to school in rural VA Kennah Dec 2023 #27

I was brainwashed as a 4th grader in a Virginia rural school when we studied "Virginia History" in 1962. Martin68 Dec 2023 #83

Nikki was probably tauyht the same thing growing up in SC. ShazzieB Dec 2023 #30

You mean "the War of Northern Aggression". That's what some of my associates called it. Wonder Why Dec 2023 #54

I've heard of that, but never heard it called that when I was growing up. ShazzieB Dec 2023 #78

Do a web search on the term. I just did but posted that before I did so because I heard it from people. Wonder Why Dec 2023 #90

Reply::: Thank God you republicans won that war back in the 1860s. keithbvadu2 Dec 2023 #39

Now you know why the traitor thugs ExWhoDoesntCare Dec 2023 #49

What Your MIL Was Taught DallasNE Dec 2023 #62

Northern aggression at Ft. Sumter? PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2023 #66

You're fake news. Haggard Celine Dec 2023 #74

Lincoln "made" the Feds do it !! / sarc. uponit7771 Dec 2023 #89

Crazy how propaganda can rewrite history. Emile Dec 2023 #47

Yep. "The War of Northern Aggression" is what many still call it. They say it was about 'state's rights' Attilatheblond Dec 2023 #69

You mean it wasn't about tariffs? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2023 #91

It's neo-confederate bullshit Major Nikon Dec 2023 #71

I don't think that will play well Mad_Machine76 Dec 2023 #76

Today's Republicans are only against government interfering DemocraticPatriot Dec 2023 #11

There are places in the south that referring to it as the civil war is frowned upon very much Cheezoholic Dec 2023 #12

I've heard "war between the states " many times Deuxcents Dec 2023 #26

That's what it was called in Tennesee, where we lived till I was 12. ShazzieB Dec 2023 #33

Ya learn something every day here! Deuxcents Dec 2023 #34

While at the Alamo on March 6, 2018.... ProudMNDemocrat Dec 2023 #52

The taking of Texas from markodochartaigh Dec 2023 #80

War of Southern Treason, Sir The Magistrate Dec 2023 #32

Reply::: The War of Republican Aggression. keithbvadu2 Dec 2023 #40

snork. AllaN01Bear Dec 2023 #13

She meant people's freedom to keep slaves Renew Deal Dec 2023 #14

What a horrible answer PatSeg Dec 2023 #15

"Surely she can do better than that." dchill Dec 2023 #20

I've seen her give fairly polished answers PatSeg Dec 2023 #29

Confederate state governments were interfering in African-American people's freedoms Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2023 #16

I remember when unreconstructed Neo-Confederates liked to say it was for "economic reasons." sop Dec 2023 #18

I hope it was a white person calling her out. LiberalFighter Dec 2023 #19

Well it was. Kablooie Dec 2023 #21

So basically, the Federal government was interferring with the rights of southern citizens to interfere with the ... marble falls Dec 2023 #23

HERE'S VIDEO (from CNN) IcyPeas Dec 2023 #24

"What do you want me to say about slavery?" *bats eyelashes innocently* ShazzieB Dec 2023 #36

I don't know... appmanga Dec 2023 #38

Let's HOPE so! PTL_Mancuso Dec 2023 #51

Don't apologize... appmanga Dec 2023 #53

She really sucks.. raising2moredems Dec 2023 #28

She's either ignorant or she doesn't want to offend her racist base spanone Dec 2023 #31

She is sucking up to the Trump voters. Emile Dec 2023 #35

It's intentional ignorance. TwilightZone Dec 2023 #41

It was no accident. C_U_L8R Dec 2023 #37

States' Rights... The right to conduct the slave trade. keithbvadu2 Dec 2023 #42

"States Rights" was the original euphemism for the right to own slaves. sop Dec 2023 #50

And it's currently being employed to justify the creeping effort to own women. Attilatheblond Dec 2023 #72

Every Confederate Constitution included slavery Captain Zero Dec 2023 #87

Go home already. oasis Dec 2023 #43

"Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery" - Declaration of Secession Tactical Peek Dec 2023 #44

They Were Honest, Sir, I'll Give Them That The Magistrate Dec 2023 #46

Lifelong South Carolinian, moondust Dec 2023 #45

She's disqualified JustAnotherGen Dec 2023 #55

OOPS, IT WAS SOMEBODY ELSE'S FAULT Jimvanhise Dec 2023 #56

'Gov't interfering in peoples freedom to have slaves' Obvious85 Dec 2023 #57

Nikki is a Southern Revisionist StocktonNative Dec 2023 #58

Anyone who thinks Haley is a "moderate" in any sense of the word is deeply misinformed. This example of Martin68 Dec 2023 #59

What a spineless, revisionist history cult. Disgusting, deplorable and all lies, all the time. n/t Evolve Dammit Dec 2023 #61

Not surprising musclecar6 Dec 2023 #64

Not surprised Johnny2X2X Dec 2023 #65

Woke liberals trying to change the long standing tradition of using people as property IronLionZion Dec 2023 #67

Its not weird. This is who she is. johnnyfins Dec 2023 #73

She's pandering but I would think it's less popular in a northern state IronLionZion Dec 2023 #75

Repugs are just assholes SouthernDem4ever Dec 2023 #70

Denial is not just a river in Egypt. BadGimp Dec 2023 #77

Ask her about The Alamo. Please. twodogsbarking Dec 2023 #81

I hope she says the Alamo was about illegal immigrant settlers crossing the border IronLionZion Dec 2023 #88

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2023 #84

It was tariffs maineac Dec 2023 #85

Proving once again that the "normal republican" is a mythical oxymoron. D23MIURG23 Dec 2023 #86