Minimizing the importance of slavery is a crucial factor in the DS argument. Another is to pretend that there was some "tyranny" in action against the South unrelated to slavery, a third is to pretend that secession was legal and a fourth is to pretend that Blacks were actually better off in the Land of the Whip and the Lash than in the North.
It would be funny if it weren't so tragic.
It would be funny if it weren't so tragic.
Well said. Nice and concise.
Some of these people are convinced that Jefferson Davis and company were "just plain folks" or "people like us" who were fed up with taxes, while unionists and Republicans were the evil elite. In fact, the leaders of the rebellion were a ruling elite that had put a lot of effort into defending slavery and expanding its territory. If they'd won, those who are complaining now would just have something else to complain about, assuming they weren't members of this particularly oppressive and overbearing elite.
Woods's pals at lewrockwell.com are really talking up his book, as they did Lorenzo's. Watch and see if he comes out with a "study guide" to hit the rubes up for another $20. This thing is a racket that preys on the gullible. It's sad because plenty of them are just people who want to have pride in their region or do something conservative or patriotic, and they're being sold a pack of lies.