Donal Jerk has put down the dog whistle and picked up a megaphone.

The Economist

Any one who truly wishes to understand the primary cause of our Civil War (the preservation of vs. the abolition of slavery) needs to go back at least as far as the invention of the cotton gin which made slavery profitable again.

Also, the "Southern Heritage" monument enthusiasts around here should be aware that many of these statues that are being torn down and are soon to be torn down were erected in the 1960's as a big middle finger to the Civil Rights Movement, very much like the one the organizers of the Charlottesville demonstration (right wing hate groups, look it up) flipped at non-whites everywhere. Any one who thinks that this is about "our beautiful history" has swallowed the racist bait, hook, line and sinker.