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[โ€“] [email protected] 36 points 11 months ago (1 children)

IMHO the bigger gotcha on the "states' rights" lie is that the Confederate constitution gave states no more rights than the US constitution, while specifically denying one: the right to abolish slavery within their borders.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

the biggest gotcha is asking back

"the state's rights to do what?"