[SoCal Pubbie]

As you recall, my sole focus in these discussions is the reality that Southern secession was motivated entirely by the issue of slavery, which of course doesn’t support what you wish to believe. So your waste of bandwidth for a stupid vanity is another epic fail.

[DiogenesLamp]

As you recall, my sole focus in these discussions is the reality that Southern secession was motivated entirely by the issue of slavery,

And that is the error of your thinking. You focus solely on what you claim are their reasons for leaving, and you avert your eyes to looking at the reasons why they were invaded.

Slavery is immoral and deplorable, but it had nothing to do with why Lincoln sent armies into their land to kill them.

His reasons for doing this are worse than what you claim are their reasons for leaving.