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"My Southern family has been, and continues to be, Republicans."

Good, then my post had nothing to do with you but was directed at those who support the JACKASS party both north and south.

"The democratic party of those times was not the same as that of today."

Sure they are....DUmocrats of then and now seek to split apart this nation. Both then and now the party actively seeks out America's enemies to join them in that cause.

"The KKK of the post Civil War era, was not the same as that of today."

The Klan wasn't started to bring anyone to justice, quite the opposite....not sure where that revisionist history is coming from. The hooded thugs were formed by southern DUmocrats to terrorize anyone sent to impose law in the south.

Good, then my post had nothing to do with you but was directed at those who support the JACKASS party both north and south.

Actually it did, since it included a blanket accusation that all Confederate sympathizers are raciest and (poss. secret) democrats.

The reality is, the majority of those Confederate solders were not slave owners, and were fighting an invading armed army that intended to do them and their families great harm. Their starving families, burned homes, and ruined lands proved their fears correct.

Sure they are....DUmocrats of then and now seek to split apart this nation. Both then and now the party actively seeks out America's enemies to join them in that cause.

If what you say if true I guess you might want to pick and choose your patriots and costumes at "Tea Party" events.

The Democratic Party emerged under Thomas Jefferson in the 1790s (is considered to be the founder) in opposition to the Federalist Party. It initially drew most of its support from Southern planters and NORTHERN FARMERS. This form of the party remained in power for most of the time between 1825 and 1860. Some of the early members included John Quincy Adams (1825-1829), Andrew Jackson (1829-37), Martin Van Buren (1837-41), James Polk (1845-49) and Franklin Pierce (1853-47). and James Buchanan (1857-61).
The platform opposed Alexander Hamilton's fiscal policies in the early 1790s of the Constitution, and a weaker federal government. The party arose from opposition to the policies of the ruling Federalist Party, which was dominated by Hamilton.

You might want to check out what the Federalist were about. From what understand the early Democrats were more like the Republicans of today.

The Klan wasn't started to bring anyone to justice, quite the opposite....not sure where that revisionist history is coming from. The hooded thugs were formed by southern DUmocrats to terrorize anyone sent to impose law in the south.

and what kind of law was that? Lincoln was opposed what the privateers did to a ravished south. We are still reaping the fruits of that are we not?

I have a question, have you ever lived in the south? Have you considered this war was fought by flawed people, learning (and making mistakes) about governing a "cutting edge" nation that would become a beacon of light to governments of the world.

I doubt you would find in either regions today, very few to be the same persons as those that fought in the Civil War.