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I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU ALL TO OUR PANEL ON CIVIL WAR 3e BLOGGING. LET ME INTRODUCE OUR THREE PANEL USES. TO MY RIGHT, FIRST IS KEVIN LAVIN ON THE...
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| 00:02:42 |
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IN NOVEMBER OF 2005. AND AT THE TIME, I'D JUST FINISHED A MASTER'S THESIS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND. I WROTE MY THESIS ON THE BATTLE OF THE...
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| 00:06:35 |
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EXPERIENCE WITH OTHER SORT OF WAYS OF COMMUNICATING WITH THE BROADER AUDIENCE ON THE INTERNET. AND BLOGGING SEEMED TO ME TO BE A WAY IN WHICH I COULD...
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| 00:08:59 |
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READ BLOGS ON A REGULAR BASIS. TO SATISFY MY OWN CURIOSITY CAN I SEE A SHOW OF HANDS OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM THAT READ BLOGS REGULARLY? OKAY....
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| 00:11:34 |
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OWN. I THINK FOR SOME OF US WHO ARE LESS COMFORTABLE WITH BLOGS, WE'RE STILL SOMEWHAT MYSTIFIED ?? BY HOW>?>? YOUR WORK ON THESE ??>? VARIOUS BLOGS>?...
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| 00:12:14 |
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KNOWS THAT I HAVE A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN THE MYTH OF THE BLACK CONFEDERATE SOLDIER. AND I HAVE THAT INTEREST FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS. I THINK IT SORT...
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| 00:14:57 |
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MINE HAVE TAKEN APART CERTAIN HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS AND QUESTIONED CERTAIN ASSUMPTIONS PEOPLE HAVE MADE. I REMEMBER SEVERAL YEARS AGO DELVING INTO DISCUSSIONth...
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| 00:18:20 |
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THE TIME BUT NOT ALL OF THE TIME. I WRITE ABOUT VETERANS, AS PETE MENTIONED IN THE BEGINNING. AND IN THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM ABOUT CIVIL WAR VETERANS...
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| 00:19:44 |
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OR STEPPED ON? AND HOW SHOULD WE DEAL WITH IT IN THE FUTURE? >> WELL, WHEN YOU WRITE ABOUT CIVIL WAR MEMORY, I THINK YOU RUN THE RISK OF, FOR LACK OF...
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| 00:20:00 |
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IT, OFFENDING PEOPLE. I MEAN, LET'S FACE IT, WE HAVE -- MANY OF US HAVE DEEPLY HELD BELIEFS THAT WE LEARNED MAYBE WAY BACK DURING OUR FORMATIVE YEARS...
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| 00:22:28 |
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OWN BLOG. I HAVE DECIDED AFTER BEING RIDICULED AND ATTACKED AND THREATENED BY WHITE SUPREMACISTS AND OTHER PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE COLOR OF SUNGLASSES...
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| 00:23:13 |
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UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THIS COMMUNICATION. PETER SELTS SAID HE WAS UNCOMFORTABLE. WE'RE TRYING TO SCHOOL PETER RIGHT NOW IN HOW TO USE TWITTER. ALREADY...
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| 00:25:51 |
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WOULD SAY PROBABLY SOMEWHERE AROUND 20% OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, READERS SEND ALONG IS DELETED. I JUST SIMPLY CAN'T POST IT. BUT IT'S INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING...
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| 00:28:13 |
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BLOGS, THEY ADVANCE -- THEY ADVANCE A TROPE OF NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM. I'M NOT CRITICIZING THAT AS AN IMPORTANT AND DOMINANT THEME FOR THE 150th. ...
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| 00:29:35 |
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FIRST, THEN WE'LL GO UP TO THAT. >> YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN INTERESTING OBSERVATION.
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| 00:29:42 |
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I'M NOT SURE THAT I WOULD AGREE WITH IT. WHAT I WOULD SAY, THOUGH, IS THAT WHAT I
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| 00:29:47 |
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HAVE NOTICED IS THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF QUALITY BLOGS EXPRESSING ALTERNATIVE POINTS OF VIEW. SO FOR EXAMPLE, THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTENSELY...
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| 00:32:35 |
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THAT IN FACT TEXT MATTERS, THAT A SERIOUS ENGAGEMENT WITH THAT TEXT WHICH SHOULD TAKE MORE THAN JUST SCANNING A SCREEN, IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL OR YOUR...
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| 00:33:17 |
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ROOM. I THINK THAT'S WHY THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE IN THE CLASSROOM, IS TO BE TEACHING YOUR STUDENTS HOW TO SEARCH THE INTERNET...
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| 00:35:09 |
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AND SEARCH RESPONSIBLY. I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO SEARCH WITH WHAT COMES UP FIRST AND TURN IT IN. I'M MORE OF A PESSIMIST, AND I DON'T MEAN TO BE THAT....
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| 00:36:11 |
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STRIKING. AND THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THAT THAT I THINK DRAWS PEOPLE IN. YOU CAN GO INTO THAT AND THEN IT POPS UP AND STARTS LOOKING MORE LIKE A BLOG...
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| 00:37:20 |
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BRING IT BACK AGAIN. THIS IDEA OF EVERYTHING THEIR OWN HISTORIAN, IT'S AN IDEA I DEEPLY BELIEVE IN. BUT I'M AGAIN CURIOUS ABOUT YOUR ROLE AS GATE KEEPERS...
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| 00:39:11 |
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WOULD SEND PEOPLE TO PASTURE WHO DON'T THREATEN YOU, PEOPLE WHO HAVE -- THE PARADIGM HAS SHIFTED IN THE LAST 10 YEARS WHEN IT COMES
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| 00:39:19 |
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TO MUSEUMS, WHEN IT COMES TO BATTLEFIELD SITES, REGARDING THE LOST CAUSE. THOSE DAYS ARE DONE. THEY'RE DONE. THEY'RE OVER WITH. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS...
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| 00:40:01 |
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REARGUARDS, ALL RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND HERE, THAT WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATING STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT GOING DOWN TO THE PARK BOOKSTORE,...
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| 00:43:09 |
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KEEP BRINGING UP THE ISSUE OF THIS BLACK CONFEDERATE THING. BUT EVEN WITH EVERYTHING I'VE WRITTEN, I'VE EVEN HAD A CHANCE TO DO RADIO INTERVIEWS OVER...
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| 00:44:16 |
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BLACK CONFEDERATES. WHAT IF YOU DECIDED WE'RE GOING TO END UP TALKING ABOUT? THERE ARE OTHER WAYS IN WHICH THIS MEDIUM CAN BE USED OVER TIME. I THINK...
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| 00:45:49 |
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TRADITIONAL PUBLISHING, BLOGGING IS A HUMANITIES ACCELERANT LIKE NO OTHER. WHEN IT TAKES TEN YEARS FOR REVISION TO COME OUT ON A CONSENSUS FOR WHATEVER,...
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| 00:45:53 |
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| 00:46:37 |
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SPEED, THE ACCELERATION OF THE DISCUSSION IN THE BLOG WORLD. IS THERE A WAY REALLY TO BE ABLE TO BRIDGE THIS IN WHICH WE'RE ABLE TO SHARE OUR WORK...
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| 00:47:14 |
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HAVE TO BE A BLOGGER OR AN ACADEMIC HISTORIAN WHO USES TRADITIONAL PUBLISHING. I MEAN, I THINK OF MYSELF AS BOTH. I USE MY BLOG JUST AS TO GET THE...
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| 00:48:41 |
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REVISIONS TO MY MANUSCRIPT ON THE CRATER, I DID A LOT OF EXTENDING, TAKING THE NARRATIVE FROM THE 1930s WHERE IT ENDED AS A THESIS TO THE PRESENT DAY....
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| 00:49:57 |
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RESEARCHING AND WRITING A BOOK. IT DOES, TO SOME DEGREE MAKE A COLLABORATIVE. AGAIN, I THINK IT SHOWS NON-PROFESSIONALS NOT JUST THE AMOUNT OF LABOR...
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| 00:50:39 |
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IT WILL COME BACK. >> DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? >> NO, GO AHEAD. >> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
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| 00:50:45 |
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AS THEY CONTINUE TO REFLECT HERE, DO ANY OF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, GET UP TO THE MICROPHONE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> I'M FROM PENNSYLVANIA. I'M HERE TO...
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| 00:51:02 |
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CENTRIC NATURE OF THE PANEL HERE. ANYWAY, FIRST OF ALL, A COMMENT. A COUPLE YEARS AGO, A TEXTBOOK IN VIRGINIA CAME OUT FOR VIRGINIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS...
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| 00:52:15 |
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TO FIND A TRANSCRIPT OF IT AND POST IT. WHAT WAS INTERESTING TO ME, I GUESS, IS THAT IT SHOWED THAT THIS FIGHT, THAT GARY IS A MORE ATTENTIVE READER...
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| 00:56:03 |
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YOU CAN USE BLOGS AS WELL TO CHALLENGE, NOT CHALLENGE NECESSARILY, BUT GET PEOPLE TO THINK IN DIFFERENT WAYS ABOUT ARTICLES THAT COME OUT. THERE ARE...
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| 00:57:34 |
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SO AND I READ YOUR GRANT BIOGRAPHY. LATER ON, I DISCOVERED YOU HAD THIS BLOG. I HAVE FOLLOWED IT. IT OCCURS TO ME THAT, AND THE REASON I FOLLOW IT IS...
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| 00:58:43 |
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LONG. PROBABLY IT WAS A MISTAKE TO ADMIT THAT. BUT, DO I HAVE THE SAME STAND ORD ARDS OF EVIDENCE, YES. WHEN I SAY THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED AS BEST AS...
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| 01:00:22 |
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A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE KNOW AND LOOK AT. I LOOK AT THAT REGULARLY AND WAS STRUCK BY ONE ENTRY, I THINK IT WAS SCOTT WHO PULLED A DOCUMENT OUT OF THE...
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| 01:01:56 |
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FOR IS A GOOD KEEPMENT IN THIS CASE. SOME PEOPLE SAID IT WAS EDU ADDRESSES, FOR EXAMPLE. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE FOR EVERYTHING. YOU CAN BE A...
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| 01:04:19 |
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IT EXTRAORDINARILY WELL. I HAVE A CONFESSION. I OVERSEE A BLOG AT CWI, 901 STORIES. ONE OF MY STUDENTS IS IN THE BACK THERE. HE'S NUMBER THREE IN...
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| 01:05:30 |
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SOURCE OR THAT QUESTION SO THAT THE VIEWERS,
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| 01:05:34 |
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THE READERS COULD SEE THAT INTELLECTUAL PROCESS. IT'S WHAT MY STUDENTS ARE DOING. >> ANDY HALL, HIS BLOG IS CONFEDERATES CONFEDERATES. DON'T LET THE...
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| 01:05:49 |
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MASTERFULLY HAS SHOWN HOW YOU CAN USE THE BLOGGING FORMAT TO ANALYZE AND INTERROGATE DOCUMENTS. I THINK FEW PEOPLE DO IT AS WELL AS HE DOES. IT'S QUITE...
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| 01:06:11 |
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THEIR RESEARCH MY HEAD IS GOING UP AND DOWN. IN THE TRENCHES YOU SEE THEM GO STRAIGHT TO WIKIPEDIA AND ALL THOSE THINGS. MY QUESTION IS, SOMEBODY...
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| 01:07:02 |
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EXPLORE THIS TECHNOLOGY AND FIND OUT WHAT WORKS. I WORKED AT A SCHOOL WITH PLENTY OF MONEY TO BRING IN PROFESSIONALS FROM THE OUTSIDE. THEY SHOW GRANDIOSE...
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| 01:09:01 |
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START SMALL WITH THEM BEFORE DOING IT TO THE REST OF
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| 01:09:04 |
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THE STUDENTS. >> YOU ARE THE AUTHOR. YOU SHOULD BE THE PRIMARY AUTHOR AND ALLOW KIDS TO COMMENT ON WHAT YOU POST. OVER TIME, WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, YOU...
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| 01:09:14 |
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TO DO THIS, GIVE THEM SOME KIND OF ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY TO BEGIN TO POST. LET THEM PLAY AROUND. I THINK YOU'LL BE SURPRISED HOW QUICKLY THE STUDENTS...
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| 01:10:38 |
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MARYLAND. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT STUDENTS USING
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| 01:10:44 |
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UNATTRIBUTED SOURCES. I ASK ALL THREE OF YOU ONE QUESTION, IS YOUR BLOG INFORMATIONAL OR ENTERTAINMENT? >> I'LL START OFF WITH THAT. I TRY TO MIX...
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| 01:11:00 |
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BIT. I WANT MY BLOG TO DRAW PEOPLE IN. I WANT TO GET AN AUDIENCE. I USE ENTERTAINMENT IN A LOT OF WAYS. MINE IS A LITTLE OFF BEAT FROM THEIRS. I AGREE....
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| 01:12:47 |
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WE TALKED ABOUT ABOUTISH SURES OF AUTHORITY, GOVERNANCE AND CONTROL. YOU MADE SEVERAL REFERENCES TO SEARCH ENGINES. I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN COMMENTS...
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| 01:13:37 |
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SOMETHING, THE MORE IT RISES IN THE SEARCH ENGINE. WHEN PEOPLE ARE SAYING LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT SOMETHING, BUT THEY TALK A LOT ABOUT WHAT YOU SHOULDN'T...
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| 01:14:42 |
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WHO IS THE AUTHOR? IS THE AUTHOR IDENTIFIED ON THE WEBSITE? WHAT'S THEIR BACKGROUND? WHAT AUTHORITY DO THEY CLAIM? IF PRIMARY SOURCE IS INCLUDED, IS...
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| 01:15:31 |
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NO ONE EVER TALKS ABOUT. I TALKED ABOUT HIM ONCE, ACTUALLY THREE OR FOUR TIMES ABOUT RETURNING CONFEDERATE FLAGS. I TALKED ABOUT THAT AND HIM BUYING...
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| 01:16:17 |
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QUESTION. RUNNING FOR THE SEAT OF YOUR BLOG, I FEEL WE HAVE A
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| 01:16:21 |
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LOT OF INTERESTING MATERIAL AND YOU
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| 01:16:24 |
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TALK ABOUT INTERESTING THREADS. I HAVE SEEN ONE COMMENT ONCE ON OUR BLOG. >> IN TWO YEARS, 80,000 HITS. >> WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. THERE'S WAYS YOU...
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| 01:16:40 |
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TOO, RELATED TO THE BLOG. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ON THERE, NECESSARILY. MOST OF MY COMMENTS ON THE BLOG I GET ON COSMIC AMERICA HAS A PAGE THAT'S NOT...
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| 01:17:23 |
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I'M NON-CONTROVERSIAL. >> JOHN, GO
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| 01:17:27 |
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AHEAD. >> JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS. I THINK THIS CONVERSATION MAY BE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN INVOLVED
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| 01:17:37 |
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WITH BLOGS IS DISCOURAGING. IT SEEMS COMPLEX. THINK OF IT IN TERMS OF HAVING ACCESS TO BRAINS YOU ADMIRE OR DESIRE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT YOU WOULDN'T...
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| 01:18:58 |
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THAT HAD TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC THIS WAY. THEY HAD TO CONTINUE WITH THEIR OPINIONS. THEY WERE HANDCUFFED BECAUSE THEY WERE WORKING FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT....
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