[tpaine]

The 'sons of the south' are not being attacked on this thread.

Statism is.

Read Eastbound's post. Read the essay. -- They both made clear undeniable Constitutional truths.

Yet day in, day out, self described conservatives on this site claim they cannot understand these basic principles about our liberties.

Why is that?

[stainlessbanner]

FTD brought the South into this discussion by stating "The South before the Civil War rejected the Declaration of Independence and its statement that áll men were created equal"

It's a red herring and I won't let that slip.

[capitan_refugio]

They are not "conservatives" in the modern political sense of the term.