"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
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I stated that freedom was lost in 1968.

Yes, my post was in reply to Matt, who said the US ceased to be a free
country in 1864. (Similarly, the Civil War was the earliest event Steven
listed when asked to explain his remark that the US had ceased to be a free
country.)

Also, I was not
defending any "right-wing extremist" position. I did
recount the interview and the answer that the author made, I
was not characterizing his answer to a question,

You cited his extremist position (as you remembered it) in support of an
argument against reparations, and you cited it without any expressed
reservations. That context makes it an "approving citation", as that term is
ordinarily used. (But yes, merely arguing against reparations is by no means
an extremist or inherently racist position.)

--Gary