I’m dismissing the Civil War because the era is over. There’s no need to re-litigate it. This isn’t a Civil War discussion thread.
On the other hand, as Americans we have not left the progressive era. Progressivism is America’s cancer. We are still stuck in Wilsonianism/Rooseveltianism. The original article about slavery is a really poorly written response to what the progressives have come up with re: 1619 Project. That is the issue.
Fighting over Virginia or Massachusetts or any other is tiling at windmills and giving the progressives what they desire. Colonies of the empire are colonies of the empire. That is all. America as a country was founded in 1776.
This is where I wonder just how much you know about history. Have you not heard of the recent world women's swimming records smashed by that transgender fellow at the University of Pennsylvania?
Now you may be asking yourself, "WTH does that have to do with the Civil War?"
The court decisions that created this mess are a consequence of the Civil War. So is abortion. So is "gay marriage". So is banning prayer in schools. So is "anchor babies".
Do you have any idea of how much of our modern crap-fest is connected to the Civil War? A lot.
I was researching how we got abortion and how prayer got banned in schools long before I ever started discussing the civil war, and what I learned about these and other issues was that they were all the consequence of bad legislation created in and because of the aftermath of the Civil War. (Mostly through the 14th amendment.)
It isn't behind us. We deal with it every day.
On the other hand, as Americans we have not left the progressive era. Progressivism is America’s cancer.
And what was the "Progressive Party" from 1850 to 1932?
Colonies of the empire are colonies of the empire. That is all. America as a country was founded in 1776.
Thanks. Could you pass that bit of info on to Handy Dandy? She seems a little unclear on that particular point.