I am NOT trying to pick a fight and this is a serious question: Do you think there people who are THAT worked up over a war that ended almost 150 years ago.
I appreciate that the culture would be imbued with a dislike for the Union, but enough to start up again?
After listening to my Dad talk about the Chinese is Korea, I could appreciate his distaste for all things China, but I doubt if his great, great grandkids would still hold that grudge.
After listening to my Dad talk about the Chinese is Korea, I could appreciate his distaste for all things China, but I doubt if his great, great grandkids would still hold that grudge.
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They would if pimps wound them up every generation. And so would the Chinese about the invaders if wound up.
There is always a power motive behind these games.
It’s not that we are still real worked up just about the last war, it’s the continuation of oppressive government. The roots are in the war and reconstruction but it just never really stopped. Southerners are family oriented and the stories are still told. There is a smoldering resentment still. We just want everyone to mind their own business and leave us alone.
No, I won’t fight either but we can certainly civilly discuss it.
I don’t think a second civil war is brewing only because of the last one. Nobody is still that angry. BUT the distrust of the federal government is still strong, after states’ rights were ignored and Sherman’s march destroyed what many had, then poverty and humiliations were endured during reconstruction.
As you noted, those stories and feelings were passed down through the generations. But unlike you and me, those kids still live where it happened. My mother was in Italy during WWII and I also heard her stories. Still being there, seeing the monuments where partisans were hung and the cemeteries would have more impact on the generations.
I’m also basing my impression on people I’ve talked to there. One young man said his teacher called the CW the War of Northern Aggression. Confederate flags are just about everywhere, as are the plaques commemorating CW events. People referred to my husband from New York as a yankee, but an OK one -that could have been humorous, but it was on their minds... But mainly, the disparaging remarks about all things government I found consistent in Kentucky, Tennessee, and a part of north Carolina. I didn’t visit the coastal states. I was surprised to see the southern politeness coupled with a rebellious spirit front and center.
I wore a t-shirt that said ‘the spending will continue until the deficit improves -donkey logic’. When I wear that in mexifornia, I get nasty comments. In southwest Virginia, I got a lot of smiles and nods, plus people stopping to complain about the national debt and how it will destroy the country for their kids.
It could be just the more rural areas that haven’t changed. I’m sure the cities are now filled with entitlement grabbers, as they are everywhere. As well as infiltrated with Yankees and liberals ;)
Do you think the NW states or Texas will be more rebellious? I hear a lot from Texans but don’t see much action. Other than from Cruz, who I will vote for in 2016 even if he doesn’t run. Some of Texas’ legislation on illegals has been less than conservative. The rest has been pretty good though.
Oops, forgot to finish with - IF the fascism we have now increases and more liberties are stolen, I think the south will be one area likely to rebel. Existing hard feelings about what happened long ago and especially recent events coupled with a lot of gun owners -makes for a powder keg!
Perhaps going through a war and the suffering afterward makes later generations more skeptical and less likely to believe liberal lies. Their voting record shows that.