Take it from a man who has shown himself to be an expert regarding painfully stupid ideas. I only see his name when he shows up in Civil War threads to wave the bloody shirt.
The Southern States had a right to leave, and the Northern states had no right to invade and oppress them. We all claim to believe in Freedom, but generally we only believe in our own. When it comes to the freedom of others, we'd rather have them under our yoke.
The Northern States successfully made slaves of the Southern ones. That is the painfully stupid idea which rockrr always defends. You see, it's okay because the whip is in his hand.
The Southern States had a right to leave, and the Northern states had no right to invade and oppress them.
You're half right. The southern states did (and do) have a right to leave. But not the way they attempted. I realize that you will never get this through your thick skull but this fact has been settled - the disagreement came to blows and one war and a couple of SCOTUS decisions later it is confirmed - unilateral secession is expressly illegal.
The Northern States successfully made slaves of the Southern ones.
Poppycock. Another idiotically hyperbolic and foolish comment. Why am I not surprised?
You see, it's okay because the whip is in his hand.
You must be in a lot of anguish because I heard that stupid is painful. In order to accept the viability of such an ignorant statement one would have to believe that 1) I wield some sort of physical or metaphoric whip that I use against others (damn - wouldn't that come in handy!), and 2) that I would be indifferent to its employment against family and friends who live in the south. Hold on a tick -I'll ask them.......nope, they said no whips, no chains. BTW: They asked me why I'm wasting my time on an imbecile and I told them because it amuses me.
Oh, I see some other painfully stupid posts from DiogenesLamp - I had best read them before I refill my coffee cup ;')