[central_va]

The biggest joke is the North fought to free the black man. Yeah AFTER 2 years of bloodshed, conscription, race riots, draft riots and an illegal executive order it became about freeing the black man - LOLOLOL!

[dsc]

“Yeah AFTER 2 years of bloodshed, conscription, race riots, draft riots and an illegal executive order it became about freeing the black man”

Careful, you’re just one more true statement away from “stupid, ignorant, and pompous.”

That is, btw, the strongest argument against your position in play here.

[jeffersondem]

“The biggest joke is the North fought to free the black man. Yeah AFTER 2 years of bloodshed, conscription, race riots, draft riots and an illegal executive order it became about freeing the black man - LOLOLOL!”

I posted this awhile back but it is so good, I post it again for my good friend across the aisle - jmacusa.

“The Union government liberates the enemy’s slaves as it would the enemy’s cattle, simply to weaken them in the conflict. The principle is not that a human being cannot justly own another, but that he cannot own him unless he is loyal to the United States.”
London Spectator in reference to the Emancipation Proclamation