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BroJoeK LT-bird’s version of the Lost Cause myth is somewhat unique, for example, I’ve never seen another make such a big deal of the Corwin amendment and lie so bald-facedly about it being “offered” and “rejected”.
I’d say anyone who can concoct such a claim is a serious propagandist and could find ready employment with the Democrat National Committee.

BroJoeK’s PC Revisionism is pretty much the standard nationalist dogma. Deny quotes that are inconvenient. Claim scholars whose opinions they do not agree with are not scholars and/or are not credible. Refuse to read Lincoln’s inaugural address and just lie about it repeatedly instead. and above all just repeat the word “slavery slavery slavery” no matter how obviously ridiculous that is while at the same time try to deny people then were motivated by pocketbook issues just like they are today and have been throughout history.


531 posted on 04/25/2018 12:32:02 AM PDT by FLT-bird (..)
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To: FLT-bird
FLT-bird: "BroJoeK’s PC Revisionism is pretty much the standard nationalist dogma:"

No, just real history of what actually happened, not what somebody might wish happened.

  1. "Deny quotes that are inconvenient."

    No, only alleged quotes from less reliable sources.

  2. "Claim scholars whose opinions they do not agree with are not scholars and/or are not credible."

    Only if they are not scholars and/or are not credible.
    By the way, I've never noticed Lost Causers rushing to embrace historians they disagree with.
    So, good for goose, good for gander?

  3. "Refuse to read Lincoln’s inaugural address and just lie about it repeatedly instead."

    So how did I quote from a document I didn't read?

  4. "and above all just repeat the word 'slavery slavery slavery' no matter how obviously ridiculous that is while at the same time try to deny people then were motivated by pocketbook issues just like they are today and have been throughout history."

Well... "slavery, slavery, slavery" is what Fire Eaters themselves said in early 1861.
And it's what Senator Davis addressed in his version of the Corwin amendment (December 1860), not Morrill or "unfair spending".
Sure, some secessionists mentioned other reasons as well, but as your quote from Jefferson Davis said, slavery "pulled the trigger" which committed the murder of the old republic.

And "slavery, slavery, slavery" is what kept Confederates from doing the one thing which might have won the Civil War: offer slaves genuine freedom in exchange for enlistment & service as regular Confederate soldiers.

And abolition did motivate Union soldiers, especially after 1862, as careful reading of their letters home & popular songs reveals.

But sure, other than that... "slavery, slavery, slavery" was "secondary" to many on both sides.

639 posted on 04/30/2018 5:14:02 AM PDT by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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