[DiogenesLamp]

Children In All 50 States Being Taught Revolutionary War Was Fought To Promote Slavery

Ha! It's about time some of you defenders of invasion were put on the same side you try to put the confederates on.

Now maybe you will grasp how it feels to have your entire movement portrayed as being all about slavery and nothing else. I told you the same arguments could be made about the Revolutionary War Patriots as were made about the Confederates.

We all know that their intent was Independence, and that Slavery was not the primary issue motivating them to fight for independence.

A taste of things to come. More propaganda deliberately distorting history.

[rockrr]

I don’t get worked up about it any more than I do your revisionist crap - because it’s revisionist crap.

[OIFVeteran]

This is as much of a distortion of history as you lost causers claiming the south didn’t rebel to protect slavery. You must be very proud that your using the same tactics the left is using.

[jmacusa]

Off your meds, huh dude? Slavery was abolished in the North in 1804. You Rebs went to war to preserve it.

[Who is John Galt?]

A taste of things to come.

I have suggested that the Constitution as it existed in 1860 nowhere prohibited State secession (obviously, many disagree ;^). Assuming for the sake of argument that I am correct (let's argue that point elsewhere, on a future occassion), an important question arises:
Is motivation relevant to federal approval or disapproval, of an individual's (or State's) exercise of a constitutional right?
For example, if you choose to vote, does the reason matter? If a State lawfully imposes taxes, does the reason matter?

In America today, it seems to be progressives (more often than conservatives) who attempt to judge the legality of actions based on their impression(s) of motivation. If they think something should be done "for the children", for example, then just about anything goes. But if they decide you're a "racist", or "homophobe" (or MAGA-hat-wearing-deplorable ;^), then say goodbye to your 1st Amendment (and other) rights - nothing you say or do is acceptable to them (even apologies, as we've seen on those occassions when various RINOs attempted it).

"A taste of things to come" indeed...