Good stuff.
Well thought-out and well-presented.
One way to win an argument is to ignore inconvenient facts. That’s what this writer has done (and some readers fell for).
Had secession been averted (and, thus, no Confederate flag ever existed), slavery would have continued under the U.S. Constitution. Using the writer’s “logic” then, the U.S. would have had no moral authority to govern and would have been susceptible to foreign invasion - as long as the invaders were anti-slavery.
And, since, Britain outlawed slavery a little more than a generation before the U.S., this writer’s “moral” argument would require him to comdemn the American revolutionaries and wish for a failed attempt at independence. According to him, the DoI and the Constitution had no “moral” authority.
Bottom line: self government includes a large element of moral authority, but it doesn’t require a 1.000 batting average. That’s beyond the capacity of man - and would be even if everybody agreed on the criteria.
Good article - if you’re a 7th Grader.