[wolfcreek]

“as opposed to the hysterical wishes so spittle-tossingly offered by the neo-confeds who infest these threads.”

We feel the same about ya’ll. LOL!

Only 5% of the Southerners owned slaves. To say that the other 95% just sat around waitin for that cotton money to come down the pike would be ludicrous.

The North's tariffs/blockades were keeping the people in the south from getting some of their basic needs. Basically getting embargoed from their right to trade with other countries.

Your *facts* don't mean squat to real Southerners.

[r9etb]

Only 5% of the Southerners owned slaves. To say that the other 95% just sat around waitin for that cotton money to come down the pike would be ludicrous.

And yet the war nevertheless began over the issue of slavery. Which does not reflect well on the intelligence or independence of the other 95%. Of course, many of them were also illiterate....

[r9etb]

Your *facts* don't mean squat to real Southerners.

It's been obvious for years that facts don't mean squat to you.

As to your assertion that "real" Southerners are characterized by their revulsion to facts -- I'm pretty sure that real real Southerners have brains and are not afraid to use them.

And then there are you silly bitter-enders.