Sure. It isn't always true, but it certainly portrays them in a good light.
And that’s what it is. Dusty stories in old books. Tired arguments. Fly your flag and share stories with Germans and Japs about the righteousness of your cause.
The cause of that time is the same cause as today. We are ruled by a Federal Leviathan which is in the process of consuming us all if we don't find a way to escape it, and it's roots lie back in that very war.
It’s tiresome to listen to.
Nobody wants to hear about hypocrisy or past mistakes. They regard it as tiresome.
Dont get me wrong. It is important to understand history. As it is proper to see history “rhyming” as it does from time to time.
It is just tedious to listen to folks ramble (on both sides) about stuff that was settled 150 years ago.
Several days ago, I suggested that we stop this bickering as a group. But since then, there have probably been 20 such threads.
Not a single opinion has been changed.
The war is over.
We have larger issues to deal with today. But this site still focuses on the meaning of minutia involving Catholic decisions in the 800’s and whether or not the 1861 war was more savage for the the soldiers in the blue uniforms or the grey ones.
Can’t you we these things are meant to distract everyone from the real issues?
I have decided not to donate to FR anymore because there is no further a discussion. There are a dozen or so posters who make life so miserable for anyone with a mildly different point of view.
To them, I pray for deliverance. And a pox on their homes.