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Originally Posted by The Batlord
Our system exists because the rural South wouldn't have ratified the Constitution if they hadn't have had a voting counterweight against the more populous North. ****ty, especially since cities have an even greater share of the population today, but just a political necessity at the time.
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That's interesting!
I used to think the Confederate flag was just a quaint bit of nostalgia, like humming along to The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down or watching The Good The Bad and The Ugly. Turns out those southern sentiments are nearer the surface than I thought.
EDIT: OK, thanks DJ, so there's a precedent for a call for impeachment that doesn't go all the way...