Go with the flow

Today in my US History class I had the class divided into three groups. One group was representatives from the colonial South and another from the North while the third group was the news media assigned to interview them.
When the North was asked about mistreatment of the Native population and the social ramifications of slavery the representative, at a loss, defended their position by saying, "... yes those are bad but... we just go with the flow."

At least they were more honest than modern political representatives.