So, being pro-union about the Civil War is cause to be banned from the FR? That seems a little over the line to me.
There is a small cadre of posters here who love to play brownshirt. You’ve met a number of them already. Their purpose in life (or at least as concerns FreeRepublic) is twofold: one - to propagandize historic revisionism regarding the occasion and circumstance of the Civil War and two - to squelch any opposing points of view.
They are fairly well versed in the art of intimidation, character assassination, and cyber-bullying. It’s probably compensation for having small penises.
Whatever the case, you would do well to avoid them because, yes - pointing out the truth on Civil War threads can be hazardous duty ;-)