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    1. McConnell wants to claim credit for people who fought the Confederacy 150 years ago, but not responsibility for people who enslaved others 150 years ago. @thehill/1141129067963588608
  1. …in reply to @wcaleb
    The idea that the Civil War itself was reparation enough for slavery also echoes arguments made immediately after the War itself, when many white Americans claimed that freed people actually owed the nation a debt for freedom. @wcaleb/1113178681848008705