In the North, the Republicans were split between moderates and radicals, while the Democrats were split between loyal Unionists and conservatives who preferred peace to a bloody war that pivoted on abolition.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
The data shows that the veterans are actually the radicals.
And when Khomeini broke that promise, my father was one of the first to stand up to him and the extremists who hijacked that revolution.
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Letters to the Editor,
Washington Post,
2 June 2026
But Raman’s walked quite the tightrope of being a DSA’er who talks like a back-to-basics liberal while also hanging out with left-wing extremists like Hasan Piker.
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