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BaronChocula

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3. Never had a spine?

Reply to Keepthesoulalive (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 12, 2026, 02:17 PM

Yesterday

Abolition took some moral fortitude as did Reconstruction while it lasted I'd say. It's why freed blacks overwhelmingly served in legislatures as Republicans and voted Republican for years after the Civil War.

Today's republicans are a way different story.

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Daughters of the Confederacy - VA - Have a chuckle on me! [View all] JustAnotherGen Yesterday OP

Long overdue BaronChocula Yesterday #1

Republicans have never had a spine Keepthesoulalive Yesterday #2

Never had a spine? BaronChocula Yesterday #3

The republicans constantly gave into the south Keepthesoulalive Yesterday #4

I think we can agree BaronChocula Yesterday #5

We have always been pragmatic. Keepthesoulalive Yesterday #6