Happy Secession day!

July 4, 2023 | Me.

[DiogenesLamp]

Today we celebrate the 13 original states seceding from the Union and forming a confederacy. (Articles of Confederation.)

[DiogenesLamp]

They wrote a document which says that everyone has a right to independence, and this right is given by nature and "nature's God."

They had to fight for independence. Their armies were led by a slave owning General from Virginia. The Union (United Kingdom) offered freedom to any slave (Lord Dunmore's Proclamation) that would fight against their former masters.

Today we celebrate their struggle to secede from the Union.

[jeffersondem]

This is remembered as the First American War for Independence.

[DiogenesLamp]

Ping to people who have recently discussed the civil war.

My apologies to anyone I have forgotten to include. My memory for names is not so good as it once was.

[DiogenesLamp]

This is remembered as the First American War for Independence.

Which is how it should be referred to. It wasn't really a "revolution" as the term has been come to be known. The leadership in the states endured before and after the war.

"First War of Independence" is the most accurate. And notice how nobody wants to make it only about slavery?

[cowboyusa]

Trump’s hero Andtew Jackson: “ Our Federal Union, it must be preserved.”

[NWFree]

It probably needs to happen again

[Howie66]

It’s time for TEXAS to secede.

#TEXIT

[Jacquerie]

The Articles of Confederation weren’t ratified until just a few months before our victory at Yorktown.

[DiogenesLamp]

The Articles of Confederation weren’t ratified until just a few months before our victory at Yorktown.

Does that make my "They formed a confederacy" wrong?

[showme_the_Glory]

God Bless Texas

[Howie66]

Amen to that!

[No name given]

I think it does.

[mountainlion]

They formed a union of colonies didn’t they??

[Semper Vigilantis]

[piasa]

There is no moral equivalency between the two wars. None.

[DiogenesLamp]

There is no moral equivalency between the two wars. None.

So we have had drilled into our heads for our entire lives.

But when you look at the truth, you find out we have been lied to and deceived.

The Civil War was an evil war, fought for money and power. The people who were the most evil won.

[DiogenesLamp]

They formed a union of colonies didn’t they??

When they Declared Independence, they were no longer "colonies." They were "states."

[Tunehead54]

From some dusty old debunked document:

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"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. "

[Albion Wilde]

people who have recently discussed the civil war.

You're talking about the first Civil War, right?

Thanks for the ping!

[DiogenesLamp]

You're talking about the first Civil War, right?

Yup.

Thanks for the ping!

You're welcome.