Very bad comparison. The confederates had a state, a structure, and a military. They also had funding and international friends.
or the Japanese-Americans during WWII,
And the result of their uprising?
or the students at Kent State,
See above.
or the folks at Waco, Texas etc, etc,.
Ditto.
Democracy is no respecter of those who have perspectives other than those of the governments of democracies. They are in their own way narrow, as this thread has shown. Pax vobiscum.
I can't figure out what you are trying to say. I stand by the statement that handing out the opportunity to self-determination, even using force to overthrow the thugs who are denying it, is never wrong.
Shalom.
My point is that democratic governments force themselves not only on other cultures but also their own citizens. All the talk about freedom and self-determination is just so much pretty hogwash. Christ did not come into the world to make it safe for democracy.