[KosmicKitty]

But the Civil War helped change Americans' notions of loyalty and rebellion, and some historians began crediting loyalists with the courage to maintain a deeply unpopular minority view.

So, I guess this means that we should "feel good" about all the anti-american moonbats running around today. They aren't traitors who spill national defense secrets to the enemy. They are the truly courageous ones among the rest of us patriotic slobbering idiots. They, too, may have an important place in the history of our country someday.

Now please excuse me while I go up-chuck.

Happy 4th to all Freepers and real Americans!!!!!!!!!

[xp38]

Roughly the same has been argued about the Rosenbergs and other communists in America by leftist academiics.