Brother Joe, who is somewhat of an authority in these matters, in his post 349 summed-up the egregiously distortive propaganda charge thusly: “Fake news, 1860s style.”
That's that. About the only unanswered question is how Brother OIFVeteran was duped into breaking the hate ceiling. As an officer he must have drilled into his reports the importance of not picking up and marketing red herrings found flopping on the pavement.
Although Brother OIFVeteran and I have not always seen eye-to-eye he comes across as a straight shooter. I now must reevaluate the wisdom of continuing to accept everything he says at face-value.
I am perfectly aware that the story of Jefferson Davis in a dress was wartime propaganda started, most likely, from a story in Harpers weekly. I posted it to “get your goat” as it were.
However, I find it laughable that you would talk about a hate ceiling. When your side continues to to call Lincoln a tyrant and using other disparaging remarks against Grant and Sherman.
Do I hate Jefferson Davis and the rest of the leaders of the confederacy? I hate what they stood for and the ideas they espoused. I believe they were all traitors and should have been tried by military tribunal and then hung by the neck until dead. I think President Lincoln’s policy of letting them up easy was wrong and eventually lead to African Americans being treated as worse than 2nd class citizens for the next 100 years. Though this status was substantially better than being a slave.
I actually am thankful that the southern fire eaters did rebel because in doing so they unwittingly hasten the demise of slavery. I believe without their actions we would have had slavery in the United States well into the 20th century. This would have made a mockery of our Declaration of Independence.
Thankfully they did rebel and they lost. This lead to the end of slavery with the passage of the 13th Amendment. This amendment finally reconciled the constitution with the Declaration of Independence and gave truth to the founders assertion “that all men are created equal.”