America has always rejected fanaticism, especially since WWII. We are supposed to be E pluribus unum – out of many, ONE. Now, the right wants America to be E unum pluribus – out of ONE, many.

  • fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    Actually a lot of the southern secession was built on the so called conserstone of the Confederacy that maintaining a racial heirachy of white supremcey was the only way to preserve the white race and avoid total violent retribution from the freed slaves.

    And I mean the latter idea really wasn’t crazy most slave rebellions had very very bloody, because obviously they would be (and very justifiably so).