Yes, you were, and no, you weren't.
Look up "slavery" in an encyclopedia and see what you come up with.
Reconstruction wasn't slavery.
What came before it was, and what came after wasn't entirely different from slavery, but Reconstruction wasn't.
+1. The apotheosis of sore loserdom.
What a stupid thread - just like the other one with the same title. I have to agree with wideawake. So many are so quick to leap to knee-jerk conclusions about what Dylan was implying - it reminded me of a phrase one of the lost causers likes to say: “The hit dog howls”.
I would reject the word “ruined” - that’s a bit over the top. The Particular Institution certainly added an unnecessary amount of misery and offered an opportunity for unscrupulous schemers to try to tear our country apart.
Don’t tell me what I meant. I know what’s in my head, you don’t.
Reconstruction was WORSE than slavery. Read a freakin book.
Show me where I am factually wrong or take your “significant other” and go away.