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DiogenesLamp: "Of course Adolph Hitler proved much the same thing during the subsequent century."

rockrr: "I call Godwin’s Law. You lose."

Isn't it curious... I doubt if anyone posting on Free Republic takes louder or stronger objections to having Confederates compared to (perish the thought!) Nazis than our own DiogenesLamp.

And yet, with no prompting or prodding whatever, DL is out likening Sherman to Hitler.
My oh my...

Georgia Girl: "Most of those farms and plantations your hero burned, raped and pillaged his way through were being maintained by women and children.
There were no fighting men around.
It doesn’t take much bravery to whip a bunch of women, dig up their silver tea service, steal all their food and burn their house down then leave them to starve.
That’s the reality of what happened."

And here we see actual claims of what makes Sherman "another Hitler": "burned, raped and pillaged his way through..."

"Burned?" Only those properties from which Sherman's troops received enemy rifle fire.
"Raped?" No evidence outside occasional court proceedings of those prosecuted for it.
"Pillaged"? Only to the degree that Confederate Armies also "pillaged" when outside the Confederacy.
Sherman's men marched under the slogan: "Remember Chambersburg", which Confederates burned & pillaged in 1864.
And there was one routine activity of Confederate Armies which Sherman's men never did: grab any freed-blacks they found for return & sales as slaves.

And, did you notice what's missing from this list?
Mass killings -- either systematic, as in Holocaust or consequential, as in 20th century air raids.

In fact, there's no comparison between Sherman & Hitler -- none, zero, nada valid comparisons.
But it is striking -- however much DiogenesLamp may loudly deprecate mentioning it -- that both Confederates & Nazis fought to impose forms of slavery on designated "races" (blacks, Jews, Slavs) considered unworthy of full citizenship.

And yet, with no prompting or prodding whatever, DL is out likening Sherman to Hitler.
My oh my...

Hypocrisy is the hallmark of a Confederate supporter.

I generally ignore your opinions because I can't get over your comparison of "Pearl Harbor" to "Ft. Sumter."

That stuff is off in wackadoodle land.