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2023-05-21 20:21:10 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 99DD0788935CBB55C8AA314A430CA7EFA7D18C2F617417073F0EF3DC22CC9BC8
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The American Confederacy was definitionally treasonous, ("levying war" against the USA) and it enshrined protections for race-based slavery in its constitution. (Art. I ยง9 cl. 4) Its flags are often used by hate groups like the KKK to signal racist intentions https://newrepublic.com/article/122216/confederate-flag-still-flying-today-because-kkk https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/how-confederate-battle-flag-became-symbol-racism?loggedin=true&rnd=1684689943333 https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_csa.asp https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articleiii
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