Confederate

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    HBO Responds to #NoConfederate: Slavery Drama Will Be Handled ‘With Care and Sensitivity’

    A campaign protesting the planned HBO series “Confederate” flooded social media Sunday night, with viewers tweeting #NoConfederate in massive numbers during “Game of Thrones,” propelling the hashtag to Twitter’s No. 1 trending spot in the U.S. and No. 2 worldwide. “We have great respect for the dialogue and concern being expressed around ‘Confederate,'” HBO responded in a statement. “Confederate” tells an alternate version of history in where the South has seceded from the Union… and slavery h