[DiogenesLamp]

As we have seen, the Navigation Act of 1817 established no prohibition on Southerners owning ships. They were free to build their own fleets.

This line reminds me of the "Build your own facebook" and build your own twitter" advocates around here.

It goes further. Some even go so far as to say "build your own internet, and build your own banking and finance infrastructure" to stop being deplatformed and denied banking and credit card services.

How do you feel about conservatives being excluded from prominent internet platforms such as face book and twitter as well as being denied credit card and banking services by dominant suppliers?

[SoCal Pubbie]

Why don’t you go to the other thread where I cite numerous examples of Southern shipping concerns? Are you afraid?

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3979429/posts?page=1019#1019

[SoCal Pubbie]

I see you ARE in the thread. I apologize. You just won’t respond to the information I posted that’s all.

[SoCal Pubbie]

“ How do you feel about conservatives being excluded from prominent internet platforms such as face book and twitter as well as being denied credit card and banking services by dominant suppliers? ”

Since that situation never happened in the antebellum South as it concerns shipping, it’s a relevant to this conversation.