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With over 650 posts it is easy to miss something. So I went back and reviewed stinkerpot65's posts, beginning with his #23 and the others after it.

His #23 says:

So what? Buying and selling human beings like cattle is evil. Anyone who practices, supports, benefits from, or excuses slavery is evil. The Confederacy was evil because it practiced and profited from slavery.

While perhaps a bit idealistic (especially within the context of events that transpired 150 years ago) the sentiment regarding slavery couldn't be truer. Other posters chimed in with the usual "but the north did it, too" bromides which, while containing an element of truth to them, neglect the salient point that unlike the confederates, "the north" didn't go to war to defend the Peculiar Institution.

Bottom line - I do not see any posts from stinkerpot65 that claim that the north considered slavery the driving force behind the war.