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14. Yes. They were traitors and there should have been hangings.
Wed Nov 21, 2018, 07:12 PM
Nov 2018

They were let off the hook and eventually came back with a vengeance after the Union ended reconstruction too soon for restoration of the region's economy (racial politics was the reason for the abrupt ending).

The KKK terrorists instituted their century-long reign of terror on African Americans, the daughters of the confederacy put up the statutes of traitor generals all over the south to remind black people to stay "in their place," share cropping and prison plantations literally re-instituted an open, neo-slavery.

The traitors were not held to account for their treachery at all as the racism is still flourishing as evidenced by the wholesale vote suppression we all just saw.

After the Nazi's defeat in WWll there were trials and executions and outlawing of Nazi paraphernalia. Germany is now a good world citizen which doesn't continue to honor Nazi war criminals.

GOP voter suppression is not new Gothmog Nov 2018 #1
One point of clarification ... VMA131Marine Nov 2018 #2
Wasn't 1964 the year the dixiecrats bolted to the repug party? brush Nov 2018 #7
1968 is by many considered to be the year the roles reversed The Mouth Nov 2018 #12
No. Jim Crow is not alive and well. GulfCoast66 Nov 2018 #3
Of course it is. You think they weren't legally suppressing votes back then? brush Nov 2018 #13
All those things are disgusting and should be fought. GulfCoast66 Nov 2018 #15
Jim Crow was just a term used for systemic racism. brush Nov 2018 #16
Jim Crow was not a term for racism. GulfCoast66 Nov 2018 #18
Ok, it was term for systemic racism. brush Nov 2018 #19
Well, we will just have to disagree GulfCoast66 Nov 2018 #20
Yup. It's still here zentrum Nov 2018 #24
This message was self-deleted by its author zentrum Nov 2018 #22
I think we weren't anywhere near hard enough on the south 47of74 Nov 2018 #4
...OR...maybe we have let so many of them suffer in poverty with low wages and no jobs flibbitygiblets Nov 2018 #5
I'm not saying now. I'm saying in the aftermath of the Civil War we should have been a bit firmer 47of74 Nov 2018 #6
You are second guessing Abraham Lincoln? Tipperary Nov 2018 #9
Yes I am. 47of74 Nov 2018 #11
Yes. They were traitors and there should have been hangings. brush Nov 2018 #14
The fact is most Northerners got tired of keeping troops in the south GulfCoast66 Nov 2018 #17
Most of the North at the time... zentrum Nov 2018 #25
Thanks for posting. In Georgia the Kemp and the repugs didn't even bother to hide their... brush Nov 2018 #8
Nor did Ohio or Wisconsin. It is a problem everywhere republicans govern. GulfCoast66 Nov 2018 #21
No mention of why the Electoral College as a result? maddiemom Nov 2018 #10
Exactly. That's a real example zentrum Nov 2018 #27
What are some things you think people should do about it? oberliner Nov 2018 #23
Southern Exposure struggle4progress Nov 2018 #26
I have personally confronted racists and a Nazi this year. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #28
Yellow people? virgogal Nov 2018 #29
Unfortunately, sometimes the more things change, the more they stay the same. Firestorm49 Nov 2018 #30
Will it change in our lifetimes? Cyrano Nov 2018 #31
Great initial post and great posts afterwards. SWBTATTReg Nov 2018 #32
K&R ck4829 Nov 2018 #33
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