Posted on 03/03/2008 10:37:49 AM PST by Rebeleye
They will tell you the Civil War was not about slavery. Remind them that the president and vice president of the so-called "Confederate States of America" both said it was. They will tell you that great-great grandpa Zeke fought for the South, and he never owned any slaves. Remind them that it is political leaders - not grunts - who decide whether and why a war is waged. They will tell you the flag just celebrates heritage. Remind them that "heritage" is not a synonym for "good." After all, Nazis have a heritage, too.
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That reminds me of the abortion issue -
“I’m morally opposed to slavery, but I wouldn’t force my morals on anyone else.”
In this case, actually, yes. I’m not happy about what it took to knock some sense into us—a war, twelve years of crippling Reconstruction, and then everything that happened in the 1950s and beyond. Maybe, given time, Jim Crow would’ve ended on its own. I’d like to think so.
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After the war of southern treason (civil war), the Democrats formed the KKK and lynched blacks as well as anyone else that tried to vote Republican.
During the War he was obligated to win the war for the Confederacy. Any public statements that he made would have been counterproductive in that task even if they only took away time from his primary task.
“Not as much so as that statement.”
What the hell kind of argument is THAT? Care to give your reasons?
I think the burden of proof is on those who claim that Lee was morally opposed to slavery.
Stop me when I say something that isn't true.
ML/NJ
Fair enough...
"And finally - Texas, not to be outdone, wrote its own declaration."
Texas should have simply renounced the 1845 Treaty and reclaimed its status as a Republic.
Should have, but Texas weren't interested in becoming a sovereign republic again. They just wanted to be part of a nation that allowed them to have slaves.
‘The South is still an agrarian society. The whole life there is based on growing seasons, which you just can’t rush.’
No industry or life outside of NYC? EP=LLB? You need to get out more.
Who fired the first shots on Fort Sumter?????????
Which part of Yankkeeland is Fort Sumter in????????????
The integrated circuit was invented in Dallas Texas. No integrated circuit, no computer.
His companion in arms knew how to fight defenseless women ,children and old men
When he called up the troops to settle the Whiskey Rebellion.
you don’t think chattel slavery robbed people of their humanity? what about the slave trade? selling children in public markets?
Wow, commendable! You are the very first Southerner I have ever heard say that (and I lived in the South for eight years). I wish the rest of the country hadn’t had to invest all the lives, time, money and effort in straightening the South out either, but to the extent things are in order down there now, I’m glad it has done some good. Thanks for your comment.
they did not have photography while the slave trade was still operating. That ended when Jefferson was President.
His opposition to slavery has been badly exaggerated.
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