Of course it is projection. You are attributing your traits onto your opponents.
You start with a shotgun premise (”The problem for many such people is that they personalize it. If they come from a Northern state, or if they have ancestors who fought on the Union side during the war, they see the discussion as personal rather than abstract.”) as if only one side exhibits those attitudes.
You then extend that false premise with: “When it becomes personal they have to justify what happened, and the only fig leaf of justification they can find is “Well they were bad people, so they deserve what my ancestors/state did to them.””. Again, a simple review of the posts will show who is (and isn’t) exhibiting those “personalizing” of the topic.
When you became a Lost Causer interesting but secondary to the fact that you employed projection in order to minimize the posts of your opponents. You adhere to a line of rationalization and align your posts accordingly. You are no different than those you attempt to slander.
Well that can't be true, because my trait is objectivity, and I don't see much of that coming from your side.
You start with a shotgun premise (”The problem for many such people is that they personalize it. If they come from a Northern state, or if they have ancestors who fought on the Union side during the war, they see the discussion as personal rather than abstract.”) as if only one side exhibits those attitudes.
I have no doubt that some people on the Southern side of the argument also do this. There is a tendency to knee jerk defend your ancestors or your state, whether they be right or wrong. To many it is just an extension of your immediate family.
The reason I do not include them in my criticism is because we don't currently have to live with the consequences of their side winning, we have to live with the consequences of the Union side winning.
I keep saying this. Much of our current problems are the result of consequences dating back to the Civil war. The assertion of such great Federal powers trace back to the abuse of them which occurred in that conflict.
Lincoln created "Fedzilla." Teddy Roosevelt expanded him. Woodrow Wilson expanded him even further. Roosevelt further still. Lyndon Johnson made him into the beast which is currently killing us all, and every Democrat since has been feeding and growing him.
Now we have this horrible monster which appears to be threatening all of our lives.