"You don't represent their views in the least."
Rather presumptuous of you, to set yourself up as the final arbiter of just who represents whose views. I, myself, am tired of all the ahistorical, inaccurate (yes)propaganda being passed off as historical fact. There was no monolithic pro-slavery sentiment in the south, just as there was no monolithic abolitionist sentiment in the north. That is my primary complaint, the sheer, simplistic faux moralizing that goes on in these threads. You've been rather inflexible yourself in this thread, I've noticed.
If that's the case, then you should be criticizing the article at the top of this thread that is completely littered with distortions, falsehoods and outright fabrications of our common history.
I haven't noticed you doing that as yet. In fact, all I have noticed you doing is pointing out that the "North" was not populated by saints as if someone suggested it was.
Straw Men might be fun to kick around, but they are no way to advance a point of view.