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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 1 May 2017

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Megan McArdle

    Sigh. Unionists did not see the South as being "another country." Their core belief was that USA was 1 country, 1 union. Hence: "unionist"https://twitter.com/asymmetricinfo/status/859083678672187392 …

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    Megan McArdleVerified account @asymmetricinfo
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    What interests me is "Why was the north willing to invade another country over slavery?" Mobilizing a huge population for altruism is rare.
    11:32 AM - 1 May 2017
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      1. LovesTheJust‏ @LovesTheJust 1 May 2017
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        How stupid are these people!?

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      1. Eggman‏ @iamzeeeggman 1 May 2017
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        Should change the name of Dunning School to Dumbing School

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      2. digby‏ @digby56 1 May 2017
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        You really have to explain this ... oh man.

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      3. Charles P. Pierce‏Verified account @CharlesPPierce 1 May 2017
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        A Stillness At Galt's Gulch

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      1. Peter Kohan‏ @peterkohan 1 May 2017
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        Hence "Civil" War, as in war between factions within same country.

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      1. Name  🇮🇶‏ @Whoda_Ida 1 May 2017
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        She proves the "meritocracy" is the worst thing that ever happened.

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      1. digby‏ @digby56 1 May 2017
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        Also, the Confederates fired on Ft Sumter ...

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      2. Brian Bruce‏ @BrianBruce7 1 May 2017
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        The North viewed secession as treason. They invaded to punish treason and restore the union. "The Union forever, Hurrah boys! Hurrah!"

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      3. Brian Bruce‏ @BrianBruce7 1 May 2017
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        However, after the Emancipation Proclamation, the idea of the war to make other men free gave the North a noble purpose that sustained it.

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      1. J—‏ @tierrasinpan 1 May 2017
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        Don't miss her conflation of Confederate secession with decolonization.

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