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Again, false, It was AN issue. It was not THE issue. It was not even the main issue. It was what we all now would call a wedge issue.....something one side brings up to divide the sides neatly into the camps it wants and which serves to prevent any who are otherwise less committed from drifting over into the other camp.

I think you misunderstood me. I acknowledged you never made the point that slavery wasn't an issue, and I went so far as to say your strongly worded denunciation of it was genuine.

Can't I even agree with you without having you tell me I'm wrong?!? ;)

I think you misunderstood me. I acknowledged you never made the point that slavery wasn't an issue, and I went so far as to say your strongly worded denunciation of it was genuine. Can't I even agree with you without having you tell me I'm wrong?!? ;)

Mea Culpa.

TwelveOfTwenty to FLT-bird: "Can't I even agree with you without having you tell me I'm wrong?!? ;)"

Again we should notice that FLT-bird has dominated, bullied & obsessed over this thread like nothing I've seen from (presumably) him in years.
Yes, he's done it before, but not so much lately.

Years ago FLT-bird was good at posting "cut & paste" quotes and at insulting & bullying anyone who disagreed, but he had a serious problem with html formatting.
Now he's figured out enough html to make his posts at least readable, and if anything he's added to his old list of "cut & paste" quotes.
And on this thread, at least, he's sought to dominate (obsessively) just like the "old days".

108 FLT-bird posts so far, of 570 thread-total.
Of his 108 posts, 18 ran over 1,000 words.
And four of those ran over 3,000 words, the most being post #548 at 5,276 words.
FLT-bird's total word count is over 53,000 for this thread.

And all of that from somebody eager to accuse opponents of being "obsessed".

Hats off to TwelveOfTwenty for taking endless abuse & nonsense from FLT-bird, responding with grace, humor, honesty, facts & reason.