[Colonel Kangaroo]

Fighting to protect their homes, farms and states from intrusive Federal goons squads was a "mistake"?

The problem is while they were off doing that, who was protecting their homes, farms and states from intrusive local Confederate goon squads?

It seems easy and mentally satisfying to project current issues back into the 1860s, but under examination, the behavior of the reb regime does not measure up to the noble principles that many today wish to attribute to it.

[FredHunter08]

“It seems easy and mentally satisfying to project current issues back into the 1860s, but under examination, the behavior of the reb regime does not measure up to the noble principles that many today wish to attribute to it.”

The same can be said for the Lincoln regime.

[beckysueb]

The problem is while they were off doing that, who was protecting their homes, farms and states from intrusive local Confederate goon squads?

If you believe that, then you don't understand the old south. They had a very strong sense of community and kinship with one another. They would have never did that to their own. Things are changing alot with the migration of so many people from all over and foreign countries, too. But the old southerners weren't like you described them.