PeaRidge, if you continue to defend slavery in any way, shape or form, however surreptitiously, however sneakily, however slyly, I will recommend your posts be deleted, and you banned forever from FREE Republic, pal.
Yes, historically, slavery was legal and constitutional, but it is morally indefensible, especially on FREE Republic.
Don't go there, don't go anywhere near it.
Thank you for the frank conversation.
However, you are missing and distorting the point. We are not discussing morality. We are discussing something else.
And you can drop the threatening language.
The simple truth is that, in order to argue in favor of the rebellion, they must support its foundation and “ideals” - its raison d’être. And the confederacy’s reason for being was to defend, perpetuate, and expand the role of slavery - both in North America and elsewhere.
The neo-confederates play at hair-splitting, moral relativity, cognitive dissonance, and outright duplicity when they support the Lost Cause. At least some are willing to be candid about it.