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There are several long Civil War/Lincoln threads on which it's been said that slavery would have eventually died out of its own accord and that the proper thing to do would have been to allow that process unmolested, no matter how many decades it took.

Now, do you agree with me that this is acceptance of slavery? I personally think this is not only acceptance, but borders on endorsement, particularly taking into account that the slave system was becoming increasingly more, not less, repressive in the 1850's.

If you don't agree, then we can have that discussion right here in this thread.

If you do agree, then I can find those threads, but knowing the FR search system, don't expect it to happen within the next few hours.

There are several long Civil War/Lincoln threads on which it's been said that slavery would have eventually died out of its own accord and that the proper thing to do would have been to allow that process unmolested, no matter how many decades it took. Now, do you agree with me that this is acceptance of slavery?

Nice try, pal, but that dog won't hunt around here. I've been a part of most of these long threads and those who have postulated that slavery would have eventually died out didn't post those arguments based on 'acceptance' or 'endorsement' but on the argument that was it worth killing 600,000+ people to bring an abrupt halt to a system that was destined to die out.

If you don't agree, then we can have that discussion right here in this thread.

I don't agree that anybody on the Southern side has accepted or endorsed slavery for the sake of simply keeping people in bondage. As you may or may not be aware, discussions about alternatives to a bloody war are purely academic and for you to try to allege that me or any others not would not only accept slavery, but to actually endorse it is dishonest and uncalled for.

If you're gonna continue the discussion in this vein you may as well drag out the KKK card.

then I can find those threads,

I accept. You made the allegation so do the research. And don't forget to include the entire context of the discussion. Cherry picking to support an agenda is so..... sleazy.

don't expect it to happen within the next few hours.

Take your time. I'll check back with you in a day or so.

The Lost Cause Losers will continue to hair-split and equivocate and deny the undeniable in their defense of the indefensible.

In order to support and defend the actions of the confederacy one must support and defend the raison d’être for the formation of the confederacy. That being slavery. Without which not.

Now what pokie demands you to do is show where anyone personally said, “Boy I sure do wish I could go out and buy me some slaves”. Of course we all know they didn’t say that (although I don’t know none of them think that). That isn’t the point. The point is their hyper-partisan obsession with deflecting the sins of the failed rebellion.

It’s just another pokie dodge and I wouldn’t waste my time with it Notary Sojac.