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To: rktman

Not gonna torment my soul. My family was in Germany until well after the Civil War.


2 posted on 09/19/2013 9:07:22 AM PDT by discostu (This is Jack Burton in the Pork Chop Express, and I'm talkin' to whoever's listenin' out there.)
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To: discostu

One of my ancestors was killed at Charleston SC after seizing the Battle Flag of the 54th North Carolina. Earned the MOH. No torment here either. Next time put up a better fight against Muslim Slave traders and Zulus.


5 posted on 09/19/2013 9:12:49 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: discostu

Even though my ancestors owned slaves, I personally did not. So it won’t “torture” my soul either.

And any economic benefit from slavery, well over 160 years ago, was wiped out when my great-grandfather a—college-educated professional— lost nearly everything during the Great Depression.


7 posted on 09/19/2013 9:13:12 AM PDT by mkboyce
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To: discostu
OUR people were in Asia Minor being robbed, oppressed, conscripted and worse by the Turk...and NO ONE gave a da%$!!
14 posted on 09/19/2013 9:18:45 AM PDT by SMARTY ("The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms." H. Amiel)
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To: discostu

None of my forebears came to North America until the 1880s either.


15 posted on 09/19/2013 9:18:59 AM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: discostu

Likewise, my Welsh ancestors didn’t arrive until 1880 or so. Even so, I wouldn’t shed a tear either way.


30 posted on 09/19/2013 9:28:55 AM PDT by LambSlave
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To: discostu

My family owned slaves, and it doesn’t torment me at all. Hollywood, certain blacks, liberals, the MSM, and B.H. Obama wish it would, but they’re out of luck.


85 posted on 09/19/2013 11:09:25 AM PDT by floralamiss
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To: discostu

My family (Irish) were as good as slaves on the railroad so don’t look our way.


100 posted on 09/19/2013 11:48:02 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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