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Obvious85

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57. 'Gov't interfering in peoples freedom to have slaves'

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Thu Dec 28, 2023, 11:23 AM

Dec 2023

is what she really said.

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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