[XJarhead]

One thing I've learned on FR is that it is impossible to have a reasonable discussion on the South and slavery. So whatever view you have on slavery and the South, you're welcome to it.

[Warren_Piece]

One thing I've learned on FR is that it is impossible to have a reasonable discussion on the South and slavery.

So true. BTW, here in TN, when discussing the war, the Confederate army is, to this day, refered to as "we", and the Union army as "them".

[Alberta's Child]

I haven't really expressed a particular view about slavery in the South. I did, however, point out that the famous orater/abolitionist (and former slave) Frederick Douglass saw through a lot of the moral hypocrisy of the North. He pointed out, for example, that so many of his fellow abolitionists were adamantly opposed to slavery -- but were just as adamantly opposed to the equal treatment of black Americans under the law.