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Originally Posted by KDCat
This is such a strange argument. No one has denied that here. Slavery was absolutely a problem of all states at the time of the Revolution. It was a North and South problem. Northerners participated in the slave trade. great-great-whatever.
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The point is that seeing the Confederate flag as a hateful symbol is silly. The Confederacy existed for four years, did not import slaves, whereas the American flag stands for years and years of oppression, imported slaves, and created Jim Crow.
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Overall, though, it's the bigness of the car that counts the most. Because when something bad happens in a really big car – accidentally speeding through the middle of a gang of unruly young people who have been taunting you in a drive-in restaurant, for instance – it happens very far away – way out at the end of your fenders. It's like a civil war in Africa; you know, it doesn't really concern you too much. - P.J. O'Rourke
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