Update: My statement on the Irish is a little off. According to some posts below, the Irish immigrants I refer to are not the same as the Scots-Irish that Senator Webb discusses. I will definately do more homework on the subject and perhaps even pick up Senator Webb's book! Thank you for the informative posts.
There is a recent video on Huffingtonpost.com about Senator Webb's comments on the Scots-Irish voting bloc. After watching the clip, I was impressed by Senator Webb's nuanced analysis of this segment of the country. However, many of the comments to this article were negative. These posts exclaimed how insensitive the Senator's comments were. However, I do not believe Senator Webb was attempting to trivialize slavery, but simply offering an explanation for their votes and a solution for reconciliation.
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