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##  [ A Cold Second Civil War ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27393:a-cold-second-civil-war&catid=395)

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GELFAND’S WORLD - White supremacy comes cloaked in various guises. Not the least of these is the old idea that slavery wasn't so bad for the slaves. In its original incarnation, it was the assertion that slaves weren't really full human b…

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