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Eight years ago an anon history student on Reddit wrote, "Master or owner are the most common terms, but I must admit that they have a significant "ick" factor...What sort of legacy do we leave by continuing to use outdated terms such as owner or master?" The rest is history. 😉
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Rhode Island did not join the "new" Union initially. Within 3 months of the 1st Congress meeting though, the center began applying pressure. They said the method Rhode Island used to say no was unconstitutional! It was empire from day one. The Pennsylvania Gazette, Jun 10, 1789
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"Liberty cannot be preserved, if the manners of the people are corrupted." - Algernon Sydney - Our lack of attention to the success factors required to maintain a republic is concerning. More democracy is not the answer.
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The lying historians love them some W.E.B. Dubois. What's this? Dubois said any idiot knows slavery was doomed. Why the resistance to slaves in the territories then? Glad you asked...Foner said they were for the white man! And the war? Oh please. W.E.B. Dubois, The Negro in the South, 1907
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They (mostly trolls) are vicious in the replies and I am blocked and cannot respond. So I created a thread!
1/9 Eoin Higgins (@EoinHiggins_) claimed "extensive historical research" proves Union soldiers were radicalized against slavery after seeing plantations like Robert E. Lee's son's. He blocked me for challenging him.
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"Compare your past opinions and beliefs with this new proposed Constitution. If you adopt it, you will end up with a system that you previously hated and condemned as oppressive." - Cato IV, New York Journal, 8 November 1787 -
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1/9 Eoin Higgins (@EoinHiggins_) claimed "extensive historical research" proves Union soldiers were radicalized against slavery after seeing plantations like Robert E. Lee's son's. He blocked me for challenging him.
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8/9 "While restoration of the Union was the main goal for which they fought, they became convinced that this goal was unattainable without striking against slavery." - James McPherson - Shelby Foote was right: "No soldier on either side gave a damn about the slaves." Higgins’ "extensive research" is selective modern historiography...cherry-picked activism.
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9/9 After Higgins blocked me, one of his defenders (@iphone6fandom) went full unhinged: “You’re a bitch of a man. Confront the facts... or fuck off.” I couldn’t respond, which was the motivation for this thread. In a weird way I should thank the anon. Never mind.
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Listening to the mainstream press and UK politicians, you'd think there were no riots before social media. It's like the historic riots of 1789 (Bastille), 1863 (NY Draft), 1917 (WWI Europe), 1968 (MLK & Paris), and 1992 (LA) never happened.
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This surprised me a little. I forgot how mentally weak these liars are. Most disappointing is how X rewards his kind of slop.
Replying to @EoinHiggins_
You are either a liar or an idiot. Give us a link to the research. Hell, forget the research, just link three letters that prove what you say. Better still, give us the one referencing Robert E. Lee's son. Why didn't you like it with your post? That is what credible people do.
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This is nuts. I lived in Belfast in 1991. There was one mosque in all of Northern Ireland (NI): the Belfast Islamic Centre, established in 1978. There are now 10 in NI (5 in Belfast) plus smaller "prayer centers" in places like Newry and Dungannon.
🚨 FEAR HAS ENTERED THE MOSQUES OF BELFAST Reports from Belfast suggest that some mosques have cancelled prayers and activities following three nights of unrest. Some Muslim families are reportedly staying indoors, avoiding unnecessary travel and taking extra precautions amid fears that tensions could escalate further. Workers are said to be changing routines. Parents are reportedly keeping children closer to home. Fear is no longer confined to the streets. It is moving into homes, schools, communities and mosques. There is currently no evidence of a nationwide response across Britain. But communities far beyond Northern Ireland are watching events unfold closely. Because after three consecutive nights of disorder, the question is no longer simply what happened in Belfast. The question is what happens next.
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Great writing from a fake "CATO" in 1787. The writer mocks the real Anti-Federalists: “When stripped of their sophism and false colourings amount to this: The people’s happiness is incompatible with the aggrandizement of ME and MINE, therefore, IF YOU UNITE I FALL.” Newburyport Essex Journal, November 28, 1787
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