Congratulations, Sherman.
With this single sentence: “I believe the Confederacy was at its root not an attempt to preserve the true American values, but rather to reject and replace them. As noted, quite a few around here on this.”
You’ve just set the stage for another 1,000 post about the Civil War. I look forward to reading it.
ps: I’m not hostile toward you or any person posting about the American Civil War. I learn a lot and appreciate it. So anyway, your post is #17. We got 983 posts to go. Let’s roll.
So be it.
If the pro-confederates post their stuff without rejoinder, those who want to portray FR and other conservatives as pro-confederate will get additional ammo.
If a reasonable person reads these massive threads, he can’t go away from it believing most or all conservatives are pro-confederate. Though admittedly some are.