Unreconstructed
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an expression used primarily by Southerners since the period of reconstructionfollwing cessation of overt hostilities against those opposed to being cultured by the hypocritical and bigoted powers that captured control of the Federal Govt.;contemptable hatred for political correctness,i.e. collective self-delusion; knowing the score, yet resolute in ones own conviction and faith in ultimate [vindication];predictable indignity towards those who piss on others and swear it was the result of an isolated thunderstorm;unashamed of refusing to accept a lie for the truth; unwilling and insulted at being asked to buy a jar of [soft shit] that has been labelled [APPLEBUTTER]
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Not reconciled or converted to the current political theory or movement.
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White southern racists who, despite having lost the US Civil War, continued to hold white supremacist views> [Unreconstructed] southerners thus formed the Ku Klux Klan, instituted segregation, Jim Crow, lynchings, deprived southern blacks of voting rights and in other ways tried to continue the system of racist southern apartheid that continued well past the mid-point of the 20th century. This Unreconstructed racist viewpoint still exists in some regions of the south, along with a reverence for all things related to the southern war to preserve and expand slavery, such as display of the Confederate [battle flag], mottoes such as [The South Will Rise Again], etc.
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having opinions or behaving in a way not considered to be modern or politically acceptable in modern times:
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