Did you catch the reply, where our antagonist--perhaps unwittingly--confirmed my point about the toxic disrespect, by injecting intended insulting terminology in reference to the Southern leadership? I mean, really, over a century and a half, after the slave issue ceased to be contemporary, still hissing insult at those, he claimed were morally supposed to continue the original federal partnership?
While we can speculate on the actual motives of those who simply refuse to dispense with the active war on your heritage, it is very clear that it is basically a verbal exercise to them. The type of argument employed is always a form of verbal quibbling over cherry picked incidents--as opposed to a dynamic, ongoing view of the continuing interaction of the players.
All I am saying is that the miscategorization of those incidents is totally unnecessary, if they really had a point to make; but very revealing as to the emotional tangent behind the persistent word games.
What’s most telling is that the actual folks who fought the war then after the
War seemed to have genuine respect and affection for one another as survivors of a brutal five years
The only real vitriol was about a dozen radical republicans and newspaper editors and occupation governors
Juxtapose thst with today’s perspective from the Left and National Review sorts
Which is essentially the same
Over the nearly two decades here I’ve observed the absolute nuttiest comments about southerners
From the usual we are descended from Nazis refrain to al slaveowners and their families should have been summarily hanged
This sort of politically correct crap used to be heralded here and dovetailed nicely with open borders and other race tinged issues thst were much stronger here then
Most of these posters you engaged here only come here to play on civil war threads and to race bait eleswhere...a few exceptions
We know who you are...a prolific attorney from the Midwest who writes why quite well
Folks know I’m a Mississippi native who owns car washes in middle Tennessee with deep southern roots back to Rolfe and Pochahontas
But all these guys.....they probably know one another through freepmail but they dare not say what their personal perspectives are though over the years it leaks out
One observation
A nigh incidence of nevertrumpism ran in that group
No big Shock right
The forum has thankfully moved way past their drumbeat