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It wasn’t necessarily retroactive, but it was always pretense.

edit: see Texas’ declaration of secession for what it looked like when they weren’t shy about saying the quiet part out loud.



This one is called a circumstantial ad hominem.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem#Circumstantial


Not exactly sure what you’re getting at. Use your words.




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