I wish when gun advocates talked about needing weapons to overthrow tyranny, they sounded a little less like South Carolinians circa 1860.
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Replying to @davidfrum
@davidfrum I've been reading about origin/history of the Dixiecrats. Rhetoric of besieged manhood almost as potent as racism. SC is locus.4 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @notstevenwhite
@notstevenwhite I thought Kari Frederickson's The Dixiecrat Revolt was terrific. But@robmickey has some issues w/it, and his own book soon.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @yeselson
@yeselson@notstevenwhite Of course, "issues" are ubiquitous (lord knows mine has a lot), and I learned tons from her book.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @robmickey
@robmickey@notstevenwhite I loved finding out about the 1949 (not 48) Dixicrat national meeting. Lots of libertarian economics too..3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @yeselson
@yeselson@robmickey@notstevenwhite In fact, Murray Rothbard, at age 23, wrote letter to Dixiecrats endorsing their 1949 program.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@yeselson @robmickey @notstevenwhite This prefigures Rothbard's later embrace of Pat Buchanan style paleo-conservatism in early 1990s.
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