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misanthrope

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17. Talking about "states rights"

Reply to NYC Liberal (Reply #8)

Tue Jul 30, 2019, 09:40 PM

Jul 2019

which is a large and loud dog whistle in the South. It was only 12 years after MLK's assassination, less than 20 after those three civil rights workers were murdered there.

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