And what do you say to those who assert that when northern states realized they could not amend the constitution because of the super-majority provision of the constitution, they started a war on the pre-text of the Gulf of Tonkin incident - er, I mean Fort Sumpter - and killed those who opposed amending the constitution and disenfanchised the rest?
First I remind them that the spelling is “Sumter”. And then I laugh at the foolishness of such a far-fetched notion.