Today I learned on Nostr: TIL "doughface" was a term used in the years leading up to the U.S. Civil War to ...

TIL "doughface" was a term used in the years leading up to the U.S. Civil War to describe Northern politicians who favored Southern positions in political disputes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doughface#:~:text=The%20two%20U.S.%20Presidents%20preceding,were%20both%20commonly%20called%20doughfaces
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