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Yeah, but O is the universal donor, so the best!

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I wish I could give this 1,000 up votes and shout it.

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Yes. This happens on many good news outlets: NPR, Atlantic, Slate, NYTimes, Guardian, etc. Do any conservative papers interview liberals in a fair-minded way to find out what liberals think and treat them with dignity and respect while doing so?

No.

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Yah, Brig. General Stand Watie (Cherokee, I believe) thought if he fought for the Rebs long enough he could get the Indians their land back.Sarah Vowell (also Cherokee decent) once rightfully noted that, no matter how hard that Trail Of Tears was for the offiliated tribes- it must have been even worse for the slaves of the wealthy Cherokee.Some of these slaves of First Nation families distributed Hollyhock seeds along the way- like Hänsel und Gretl- in order to follow the sprouted flower plants back home from their Oklahoma exile.The tribes remain seperated to this day but they don't own slaves anymore.Stand Watie and his troops fought a decidedly ambivalent fight an the Cherokees suffered a decidedly ambivalent victimhood- horrible, though it surely was.

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hillbilly libez!

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yah, from that soutrun band who "Loves the govnuh" and whom Watergate does bother and who don't need no Neil Young hangin' round.

To hell with racists and their apologists!

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Because it is easier to blame someone else, than to admit to their own mistakes. It's never their fault, because they are right and perfect, or they're a victim of circumstance. FSM forbid if they did any type of soul searching, or worked on self awareness.

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Why is there no effort to dig out every single racist /racist apologist quote, clip and reference behind every single Repub or Dino or Indino and flood the intertubes and blogospherix with the true leanings of these Trent Lotts and Mr. Mitch es and Corey Stewerts &&&& historical (closeted or not) racists who seem so mainstream lately?Should be easy to find past racial sin on just about the whole GOP and half the Dems and Inds and Unoffiliateds.Gotta be all kinds of dirt down there.

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remeber Garrett's first role on SNL?Inspired by the woman on "This Is Your Life" who, back then (1950's I suppose) banged out on the piano and- gospel style swing sang:(please excuse the direct quotes):"IM a gonna git me a shotgun an shoot ever nigger I seee...!"I'm gonna git me a shotgun etc etc.So . Morris improvised as a prisoner explaining his release plans:

"I'm gonna git me a shotgun and shoot ever whitey I seeee"Yeah, that was mid 70's- don't think we were around back then but I saw him explain this in an interview- prolly still online somewhere, check Garrett Morris, Interview,PBS or such for the cite.

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Sussesh women were the soul of the Confederacy- not just Mary Chesnut and co.(who wupped thosse restive slaves when big daddy was out on the march?) Who homespun and dyed that butternut uniform and cast those homemade minnieballs?Lincoln himself, throughout the war housed Mary Lincoln's sister-in the WH! (Confederate widow)- an openly , and vocal susesh .Women benifitted well from household slavery and were a major driving force behind the war effort. Notice how many spys were women. Do not kid yoursef, sisters, the Confederacy (and the KKKlan) have major female support- just look at their ranks today in Congress and state houses and in the media.This is not an X or Y chromosonal racisive (sic) trait

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which is exactly why we need to keep Creepo in the WH a while longer- Make those Rep Ugly Cans run on his record , not on Pence's hopeful alternatives or Ryan's popular dog whistling

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Right, we here never ever go with "Hispanic"- sounds just too WASP speechy.In Cally or in the US Southwest we like Chicano (native US) or Cuz(general ). But best is Mija and Mijo.Works on Spaniards, too.

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you did view "A Day Without Mexicans" didn't you?

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You're right. It makes no difference to my life and a lot of it makes no sense. If their definition of English includes pre-Celts, Celts, Vikings and Normans how can there be separate definitions for Irish/Scottish/Welsh and Scandinavian?

It just makes me laugh when I hear NF idiots banging on about being "100% English".

I was just vaguely curious. No big deal.

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You use words like 'look up' and 'understand' two of the many things these superior beings are incapable of.

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If bile could talk it'd sound like the Barkers.

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