[DiogenesLamp]

“PC” did them in and we’re next, but no, let’s devote hours of bickering to Robert E Lee, “racist songs” and every other slick diversion they toss on the ground, like mindless pigeons fighting over bits of bread.

People allege that the Civil War was "long ago" and no longer plays a role in anyone's life, but I disagree. Most of the judicial activism that conservatives hate is a consequence of the Civil War. Washington DC having such an expansive role in our lives is the consequence of the Civil War.

In fact I think most of our modern day troubles are extensions of the events of the Civil War.

Abortion. (14th amendment.) Homosexual Marriage. (14th amendment.) Anchor babies. (14th Amendment.) Ban on prayer in Schools. (14th amendment.) President not required to be a "natural born citizen." (14th Amendment) And so forth.

The "Incorporation doctrine" regarding the 14th amendment has caused an immense amount of damage to the social and financial structure of American Society.

The fact that Washington DC now taxes it's citizens directly, and that it has powers far beyond anything that the founders ever intended, is a consequence of the Civil War.

No, the Civil War is still with us, and still damaging modern American society to this very day.

[Salamander]

You have a good point about states’ rights versus an ever-expanding federal tyranny, but the odds of a Confederate sympathizer decapitating you because you drew a cartoon of him are really low.

Neither have any Sons Of The South ever flown a plane into skyscrapers.

I cannot emphasize enough, that we now face a greater, looming, *current* threat.

I lose no sleep at all over insurgent Rebels gaining elected office.

When I’m out shopping, somebody wearing a gray kepi on their head is not the headwear that makes my blood run cold.

Savvy?

:)