[BroJoeK]

DiogenesLamp: "Money Marxism.
Money Marxism is the reason.
Nothing but Money Marxism rattles in my brain.
Greed Public education is at the root of this.
Greed Public education is responsible for the deaths of 750,000 people my raging Marxist analyses. "

Believe me, I know what you meant to say, but were just too shy to spit it all out.
No problem, you're welcome.

[DiogenesLamp]

That's funny. You are still stuck on that "Marxist" trope.

I have never had any issues with people keeping the fruit of their labor and their wise investments, but unearned income has always seemed to me to be a form of theft.

You know, kinda like slavery. In fact, exactly like slavery.

[DiogenesLamp]

It has occurred to me that we might see how deep your cognitive dissonance goes. The best way to do this is confront you with things that are hard to explain if you adhere to your theory of what happened. Consider the following:

"I had disguised the ship, so that she deceived those who had known her, and was standing in (unnoticed), when the Wyandotte commenced making signals, which I did not answer, but stood on."

"The steamer then put herself in my way and Captain Meigs, who was aboard, hailed me and I stopped."

"In twenty minutes more I should have been inside (Pensacola harbor) or sunk."

Signed: D.D. Porter

Had DD Porter not been interdicted by Captain Meigs, would his "sinking" have initiated the war?

Why would he think he might be sunk?