[WhiskeyPapa]

You know the deal, as we used to say.

I read years ago that thousands of patriotic young men flocked to Old Glory in response to President Lincoln's call for volunteers to preserve the Union and the vast future of all mankind. By the battle of Fredricksburg, where they assaulted the unassailable over and over, they were mostly dead.

It was Stuart and Lee and Jackson and Lngstreet and the rest --fighting for the cause of slavery -- of all things, that killed those fine young idealistic men.

Now we see the constant rant of lies and distortion and false hero-worship on Free Republic and elsewhere. It just repels me.

Stuart, Lee, Jackson and the rest were not and are not heroes. They were vile traitors.

Walt

[ArrogantBustard]

Want another bucket?

[LTCJ]

hero-worship on Free Republic and elsewhere. It just repels me.

Not nearly enough. No where near enough.

[Non-Sequitur]

Some of them go off the deep end, it's true. Anyone who has read a stand watie post when he is in full, mouth-foaming mode (which is just about all the time, come to think about it) knows that. But still, I think we can disagree on the cause that they fought for but still accept that most of those who fought for it did so honestly believing that they were right. Walt, my respect for you is immense but we have to agree to disagree on this one. Just like we agree to disagree on marines vs. Navy.

[GOPcapitalist]

I read years ago that thousands of patriotic young men flocked to Old Glory in response to President Lincoln's call for volunteers to preserve the Union and the vast future of all mankind.

Wait a minute there, Walt...so now Lincoln not only "saved" the "union," he also "saved" the "future of all mankind"???

Care if I ask exactly how he did that, Walt?

[GOPcapitalist]

Now we see the constant rant of lies and distortion and false hero-worship on Free Republic and elsewhere

...with approximately two-thirds of it provided single handedly by yourself, Walt.