History teaches us that certain nations, certain peoples, and certain religions at peculiar periods in their history take a momentary, but deadly leave of their senses —
Napoleon's France for most of a decade, the southern states in 1861, Japan in 1931, Germany in 1939, and Russia after World War II.
And when they do, they cannot be bribed, apologized to, or sweet-talked — only defeated. .
Can you honestly say that the Confederacy is the moral equivalent of totalitarian regimes such as: "Napoleon's France for most of a decade, ...Japan in 1931, Germany in 1939, and Russia after World War II"?
-- Can you honestly say that the author is saying that the CSA was a moral equivalent to totalitarian regimes? ---- He is not. - He only claims they ALL momentarily left their senses, -- a fair comment.
As some say around here, "that dog won't hunt". I believe that the Confederacy was merely fighting for their freedom, and for states' rights. The states comprising the CSA were sovereign, and responding to invasion by the North. They were sovereign states as spelled out in the Constitution, a document that has suffered injury, if not yet total death, from a thousand cuts since 1861. If the author wants to equate anyone with despotic madmen such as Napoleon, Hitler and various members of the Japanese military, it should indeed be a leader from 1861... Abraham Lincoln. He, along with various Supreme Courts and other Presidents who consider the Constitution a "living" document, have done so much damage to this constitutional republic. I pray this damage is not irreparable.
--- Nice rant, but seeing it's built entirely upon a false premise, it doesn't matter to the issue at hand.
You need to learn to read for content & fact, instead of jumping to conclusions.
That having been said, the rest of this article is actually very good. Perhaps I wasn't clear about that before. I don't claim to be right all the time or even most. However, that one sentence (see my #57) took the wind out of the author's argument for me.
And lottsa wind your misconception was. Nothing more. -- Thanks.
That being said, it is the author's misinterpretation of historical fact to compare what happened in 1861 to Germany, Russia, and Japan. The fact is that the South in that exact period had thought it out for many years going back to the very start of this nation. Their grievances were just as important as the grievances of the American colonies to the crown in 1776. Are you saying that War of Independence was not thought out? Of course not but it was a war of freedom just as the South's attempt at freedom was in 1861. All I'm saying is that it was a bad representation if he was trying to make the argument to compare that time with the 1930s as well as garner support for his argument
FRegards,
CD