[Non-Sequitur]

DO NOT EVER DOWNGRADE MY ANCESTORS WHO FOUGHT AGAINST THE NORTH'S ILLEGAL INVASION OF THE SOUTH.

But it's all right for you to denegrate my ancestors by labeling their cause an 'illegal invasion'?

Your ancestors were engaged in armed rebellion against the United States. Their leadership launched the rebellion to protect their institution of slavery from what they saw as threats to its expansion by the Republican administration. They started that rebellion by firing on the federal troops in Fort Sumter. And they lost. If pointing out any of that is downgrading your ancestors then so be it.

[stand watie]

"ColonelPK's" family was fighting for FREEDOM. your DAMNyankee ancestors,otoh, were fighting for OPPRESSION.

that's the difference.

otoh, since you are the ONLY member of "the DY coven", who has a BRAIN & an EDUCATION, we southerners "cut you some slack".

free dixie,sw

[Hacksaw]

Your ancestors were engaged in armed rebellion against the United States.

Actually, the southern states were trying to secede - form their own nation and stuff like that. I see you have already brought up the slaves, already dodged the fact that slavery was a United States institution

and that Lincoln himself was willing to protect the institution of slavery,

and successfully hijacked the thread along with your peers - including a returning banned book pimp.