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product of active choices that highlight the country's meaning and message. there was no golden age when americans lived in happy agreement. after all, the country began with deep discord. the constitution itself was so bitterly opposed by powerful voices that it could only be adopted along with ten amendments to the document. for almost two and a half centuries since then, americans have debated fiercely over everything, from national expansion to economics, to wars, to, above all, slavery. slavery and its consequences are the greatest disgrace in american history. naturally this is the issue that produces the biggest and most wrenching debate. i realize people see outlandish assertions or see a protest that make them wince, or something that's taken too far this time. but it's all part of life in a