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Originally Posted by Ilow
No sensible person would be for slavery in 2004, however, at the risk of a gross oversimplification we still have states in our country who (at least up until recently, I don't know about currently) flew the confederate battle flag atop the statehouse. Nothing good can come from that. And that leaves us where we are now, with these two eerily similar maps, and a country again divided.
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My family on my father's side were/are from Louisiana. They consider the confederate battle flag a symbol of regional pride and it has nothing to do with slavery. They always voted for the Democrat and would never ever vote Republican no matter who was running.