Au contraire, mon frere. In the words of the esteemed blogger, Kevin "Coach" Collins, "The Civil War was fought over slavery. Only duplicitous liberal apologists say otherwise and their presentations are not very convincing." And by his own admission, Coach Is Right. So I can hardly be a "flaming liberal" if you are a "duplicitous liberal apologist". From a Blue State.
Maybe he's never seen this letter from Abraham Lincoln demonstrating that he was willing to continue slavery, and so therefore he does not know what he's talking about?
My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Someone should show him that letter and set him straight. A lot of people have been taught wrong history, and it's really not their fault.