[Clock King]

He picks one damn letter out of who knows how many and makes an issue of it. I want Black people to start growing up and focus on today rather than continually looking at the past.

[a fool in paradise]

Is he willing to go to war against Islamic theocracies that still practice slavery then if it can be sole justification for war?

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

I seriously doubt the letter’s even real.

[Shimmer1]

So he likes this JD because JD endorses the theory that Pitts wants endorsed.
Big surprise.

[DCBurgess58]

If there was in fact really a letter at all. Where is it? What else does it say? This "supposed" statement from a "supposed" letter from a "supposed" white racist just happens to make this black journalist's point (which I wholly dissagree with). It wouldn't be the first time a red herring was magically invented and pulled out of a hat to justify a position.

Question... Why would a white supremist bother to waste his time by writing to a black journalist in order to help him out with his arguements against remembering and recognizing the efforts and sacrifices made by the southerners in the Civil War? The whole concept smells fishy to me, am I the only one?

The bottom line to me is that while slavery and rascism are abhorrent. The Civil War is a part of our history. Those southern states had many fine, brave and heroic men die. While many of those men were slave owners, many more were not. If you honestly believe that slavery was the only issue, then I want you to imagine something. Can you imagine, even for a second, putting on a Confederate uniform, marching, fighting and dying so that your officers can keep their slaves? You wouldn't do it, would you?