r/politics • u/Antinatalista Foreign • Dec 13 '17

Black voters just saved America from Roy Moore

https://thinkprogress.org/back-vote-alabama-jones-8da18c1d8d7a/
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u/ehmath02 Dec 13 '17

And white families stayed together because it was social/economic suicide for wives to divorce abusive husbands

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u/TenTonsOfAssAndBelly California Dec 13 '17

I know that Roy Moore was being an absolute fucking racist ass hat, and this point is completely moot, but white families weren't more united then either. Maybe in Alabama, but not across the entire south. Regions and families in Tennessee and West Virginia were split between the Union and the Confederacy.

So in short, his myth is bullshit on multiple levels.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '17

Ahh, those good ol' times, when America was great /s

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '17

Considering the 11th Amendment was ratified in 1795 (only 4 years after the Bill of Rights), we started our moral decline rather quickly!

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u/jingerninja Dec 13 '17

Ah, the good ol' days eh?