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COL Mustard

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18. Reconstruction was far too short and far too lenient.

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Sun Feb 8, 2026, 11:49 AM

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And I say that as an American whose ancestors fought on the side of the South in that war. They should have all been dispossessed and relocated to places far from their homes, not allowed to return for decades. The whole 12-year Reconstruction farce is what started us on the path to where we are today.

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