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Jake Stern
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July 6, 2020
https://townhall.com/columnists/ashleyherzog/2020/07/06/lets-be-honest-there-was-nothing-conservative-about-the-confederacy-n2571912
Townhall: Let's Be Honest, There was Nothing Conservative About the Confederacy
I don't normally post articles from RW rags on here but this one really stood out.
But slavery and the short-lived Confederate States of America arent sources of pride, nor do they need to be honored. Its time to throw the Confederate flag on the ash heap of historynot because the flag is politically incorrect, but the battle flag of a country that no longer exists, representing people who so disliked the United States that they seceded and attempted to start something better. Its hard to wave a Confederate flag and call yourself an American patriot.
https://townhall.com/columnists/ashleyherzog/2020/07/06/lets-be-honest-there-was-nothing-conservative-about-the-confederacy-n2571912
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