Lincoln is also reported to have said:
“I would like to have God on my side, but I must have Kentucky.”
Was Lincoln mocking?
I'm really not either, but when I post a fact-based opinion next to yours it must feel to you that I am intentionally trying to embarrass you. I'm not.
I don't know why you have an animus against the South but I do know why you don't fare well in debate: your arguments are usually no good.
Sorry, FRiend, but you have no "fact based opinions", none.
Your ideas are all based on the lies of Lost-Causer mythology -- meaning it's just pure fantasy.
The fact that you can't see it, demonstrates you have no real mind of your own.
Sorry about that, wish there was something I could do to help you with it, FRiend.