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		jhawk28 on July 23, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We’d rather have the iceberg than the ship I think you can go all the way back to the Boston Tea Party for tax hate.

rufus_foreman on July 23, 2021 | [–]

The Boston Tea Party happened because the British got rid of a tax, I wouldn't call that tax hate. Some locals were ticked off because the British screwed up their smuggling operation.

x86_64Ubuntu on July 23, 2021 | [–]

That doesn't explain the difference between the opinions on taxes and it's change before and after the Civil Rights Act.

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