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I think the Civil War is a complex subject, but that people who are still espousing the virtues of secession 150 years on are on suspect terrain.
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I think different people have different motives/beliefs. Yes, some are racist and think that blacks should still be slaves, others argue it on states rights not a belief that slavery should have remained. People can be absolutely opposed to slavery in the South and still argue secession.

If we are going to call racist, I don’t think we can say all who opposed slavery were opposed to racism. There were racists that opposed slavery. I think Lincoln was one of them.

I also ponder why blacks in America decry the Confederate flag and all it stood for whilst proudly waving the flag of Africa. Many of the slaves were sold by black Africans. There is still slavery TODAY in Africa. Are some more entitled to heritage than others? Is that not racist?

I also believe in Ezekiel 18:20. Sons are still paying for their fathers sins. Look how many places white men need not apply. What did the white men of today do to deserve this? Nothing. They are paying for the sins of their fathers or of the white men before them.

I also happen to think much of the laws and such that are meant to be helpful and protect blacks are racist. What gives someone a right to lower expectations for a group of people of one race? That will never allow that race to be on equal footing. This whole race game happens because it benefits certain people, mostly an elitist class that I would declare racist.

Sure, there are some blacks that won’t keep pace but there are also some whites who won’t, either. Not everybody was meant for college or to be a scholar, I’m one of them. It doesn’t make me a less useful person, it just means my talents aren’t in that area.

I’m not into all the race games because I believe them to be racist in the extreme.