At our age we have to ask: What do we hope to accomplish by posting or discussing history elsewhere?
I'm motivated by one historical fact: the city of Sodom could have been saved if there could have been found 10 righteous men. Just ten.
It is within reason to think our remnant can educate one percent of Americans to cling to righteous thinking.
Three million people are not going to win any national elections but it might - just might - postpone judgment for some period of time.
With three grandchildren I say it is worth the effort. Moreover, it is imperative.
I initially approached these discussions on the Civil War with the thinking that allowing the states to get away from the Central Control of the Washington DC/New York Axis would be one method of helping to survive what I perceived to be a coming storm.
Most people's response to such a suggestion was "They already tried that, and leaving isn't allowed. Besides they were evil slave owners anyway."
That's when I realized that it was imperative for me to point out that the right to independence did not depend on the morals of those seeking independence; That the Southern states, even though they were "evil slave owners" still had a right to leave a government they felt no longer represented their interests.
By pointing out that they were justified in leaving, I make a better case that mine and other states might at some future date, exercise the same right as outlined in the Declaration of Independence; The right to leave. Now that Odumbo is out and Trump is in, my worry for the future is lessened, but in the process of learning more about the events leading up to the civil war, I realized that we have been greatly misled about the accurate history of what happened.
I still think the right to independence needs to be defended, and so I persist. :)
Also the topic is interesting and I tend to be a contrarian anyway.