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4. That Confederacy

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2026, 09:17 PM

May 7

rose out of the white, European entitlement spawned from colonialism. The founders and our grand experiment was blemished, rotten and riddled with racism, not so easily detected or unveiled fully in those 60 -70 years since that founding. Then, the same ugliness we see now of white entitlement came to a head. A civil war, indeed.

We must punish ourselves today as we must the well-meaning carpenters of independence, though their horror at what they’ve seen created must be enough.

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A sneaking suspicion [View all] orangecrush May 7 OP

And the Klan never died. sheshe2 May 7 #1

And now they're wearing black robes and no hood. Buddyzbuddy May 7 #10

The US Supremacy court Mr.Bee May 8 #29

The rebel leaders should have been tried and executed. dalton99a May 7 #2

Exactly. Open rebellion is the very definition of treason. TomSlick May 7 #14

Well said! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E May 8 #17

At Nuremberg Hudly May 8 #38

Indeed. yellow dahlia May 7 #3

Please don't isolate me! 😊 BeneteauBum May 7 #6

Good point. There are good people below the M-D line. yellow dahlia May 7 #7

That Confederacy relogic May 7 #4

I've said for years the confederacy didn't lose Dave Id May 7 #5

why do you think blubunyip May 8 #24

Ya think?!?!?! Exp May 7 #8

We should never have let them back into the union dflprincess May 7 #9

Now I am hoping for a secession IzzaNuDay May 7 #11

I'd go for that! RainCaster May 8 #23

Let's boil it down to its essence... GiqueCee May 7 #12

Well said, GiqueCee.. Permanut May 7 #13

And hmmm Ohio? Parts of New York even. blubunyip May 8 #25

I recall reading some years ago... GiqueCee May 8 #35

Compromise of 1877 moondust May 8 #15

Reconstruction was ending either way ITAL May 8 #30

If only I could rec more than once. returnee May 8 #16

After the war Robert E. Lee petitioned to have his citizenship restored, but he was not pardoned nor had his Rhiannon12866 May 8 #19

Continuing the tradition of no punishment: President Ford pardoned a president who should've been jailed a long time. SupportSanity May 8 #32

Thank you orangecrush May 8 #21

They lost the war but lonely bird May 8 #18

That's not a sneaking suspicion. Susan Calvin May 8 #20

+1 dalton99a May 8 #22

Same with Nazis and Nazism Blue Owl May 8 #26

Especially the Knights of the Golden Circle Clouds Passing May 8 #27

Losers Whip-poor-will May 8 #28

It has been a long, long road Cirsium May 8 #31

"What are you talking about??" -signed, John Birch. nt CharleyDog May 8 #33

Agreed! Now let's talk about Richard Nixon and the Watergate cover-up ... FakeNoose May 8 #34

Yep themaguffin May 8 #36

There is a true story in my family about how my mom saw a klan robe in her best friend's father's closet. She told her efhmc May 8 #37