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WAHomeowners's avatar

Also in the Civil Rights Era political hits were called assassinations. Now they are called "suicide." Big difference.

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J M Hatch's avatar

Prior 1945 they were called Eugenics. https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691172422/hitlers-american-model

Even earlier manifest destiny. However much I appreciated Senator Charles Sumner for his ethics and horror against slavery and genocide/extirpation, it's kind of sad that canning to death of Senators is no longer an allowed sport.

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