I feel like it’s ultimately a fairly semantic distinction. These people may not actively want slavery to return, but they would be just fine with slavery existing forever if the choice was between slavery and government action against slavery.

Maybe that is the case. Even so, you always say YES OF COURSE THE EXECUTIVE ORDER TO EMANCIPATE SLAVES WAS A GOOD THING. Seriously, freeing slaves is not the time to disapprove unilateral action.

I agree the phrasing wasn’t reported accurately here. That said, I personally feel people who value states rights/fear federal overreach more than they value the human rights of an enslaved people aren’t too far off from how Jez is characterizing them here. They might not be saying yes to the question “Do you think we…

But what that question is really asking then is “is there no circumstance under which a President is justified in acting? Do you believe that states’ rights outweigh the most horrible suffering of millions of people?” And clearly in this case for them it does. So I think it is actually valid at assessing the morality…

We do still have grocery stores here called Winn Dixie.

Also common among these people is the belief that slavery would have “ended naturally” and so as you say, it’s not so much that they necessarily want slavery back, but they just disagree with the way the end came about.

Yeah, it’s all about states’ rights.

Well it was the War of Northern Aggression so clearly, the South is the victim and shall rise again. Someday. They’re busy now.

Eh. I mean, you’re right, that likely would be many voters’ reasoning for why they answered the way they did. And maybe this is me lacking “nuance,” but...

You would think that any reasonable, non-racist person would be able to make an exception for executive orders and/or other federal intervention where the enslavement of human beings is concerned. “States’ rights” my ass.

I just posted something along the same lines. Being from the South, I grew up hearing the good ol’ “We’re not racist, we just believe in state’s rights” line from everyone, whether they be crazy uncle or history teacher.

What’s infuriating is that if/when challenged, these people will surely turn around and say they’re not racist, they just support state’s rights. A frequent refrain in the South, I’m sad to say.

Yeah, and also, I love cars (restoring two classics very slowly right now). If I’d had a boyfriend who complimented me on being brainy and reading good, then built me a car, and was that smoking hot, you’d have to use a crowbar and tranquilizers to pop me off that dick. I’d be there permanently. I’d pay my taxes from…

Justin: If you don’t grow facial hair, don’t grow facial hair.

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This new Free People ad is a little over the top.

(Seriously though Candice Cameron deserves to live on a planet without dogs.)

The Puritan Backroom is also the name of my Salem Witch Hunt-themed gay sex dungeon.

This is awesome. Now, all other airports need to follow suit!