[rockrr]

Those of us who have been treated to cva's bizarre anti-American outbursts over the years have come to recognize him as a crypto-anarchist, but I never thought I'd see the day when he openly quotes and endorses the words of commie anarchists.

That makes this a red-letter day I suppose ;-)

[BroJoeK]

rockrr: "That makes this a red-letter day I suppose ;-)"

By the way, for everyone who suggested additions to my list of only Ten Neo-Confederate Myths +1, I agree, and this thread has provided many new ones.

But it struck me yesterday that some of these additional myths should fall into categories of "theme and variations".
Some are not really so much different myths, as they are different ways of expressing the same myth.

Consider an example: Myth #1 says, "Secession was not all about slavery".
Well, you can think of that as a category of myths and then list out a whole group of "sub-myths" under it, such as:

1. High tariffs caused secession.
   
2. Mississippi river tolls caused secession.
   
3. New England "haughty bastards" or more generally "Yankee arrogance" caused secession.
   
4. Lincoln tried to put Americans on a "gubmint plantation" and Confederates had to resist being made "slaves" -- which does sort of sound like "slavery" was the reason, just different "slaves".

We could do the same with Myth #3: "A 'right of secession' is guaranteed by the 10th Amendment to the US Constitution"

The list of other "guarantees" might include:

1. "natural law"
   
2. "inherent right"
   
3. a quote from Patrick Henry
   
4. comparisons of 1861 secessionists to 1776 Founding Fathers.

So, if you ever see this list again, it will probably be in a more generalized form, showing variations of arguments under their respective categories.

Anyway, thanks again for all your input!