Fulbright was the precurser of modern liberals going so far as to advocacte deconstructing the Constitution in favor of secured executive and a single parliment, more like Premier and Politburo. My stomach turns every time is see the term "Fulbright Scolar". Anybody that carries the title is a potent ememy of freedom.
Well, here's my e-mail.
"cowards masquerading as civilized men"
"Every Confederate soldier deserved not a hallowed resting place at the end of his days but a reservation at the end of the gallows,"
You're a fine one to talk about "civilized men", advocating the exectution of every enemy soldier on the losing side. If the Confederacy shared the same opinion of the enemy as you, and actively executed any and all Union prisoners which fell into their hands rather than just imprisoning them, then I might agree that they were uncivilized.
But these were men, the vast majority of whom didn't own slaves, who fought because they believed in the right of a people to sever the political ties between themselves and their government and form a new government of their choosing, much like the men of the Revolutionary War believed that they had a right to separate themselves from British rule and build a new nation. I may begrudge them for the institution of slavery, but I won't begrudge them for that. And the thought that they ALL deserved execution is MONSTROUS! No one in the HISTORY OF THE CIVILIZED WORLD has EVER done what you advocate! We didn't do it to the Germans, the Italians, or the Japanese, yet the average Confederate soldier deserved to be executed?
As for cowards, I dare you to march down a field with an enemy army before you and with bullets and cannon balls flying by you. I dare you to pick up a weapon and risk life and limb in battle. After you do that, THEN you can talk about who's a coward and who isn't. Til then, get off it. These men did things which the mere THOUGHT of would cause you to wet yourself in abject terror.
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Miami, FL
And there it is. Probably should've worked on it a bit more. Always had a bit of a tough time with Confederate history, though. Slavery is an atrocity and any nation which is built on it, if it doesn't change on its own, deserves to be torn down. However, I also believe in the right to secession. So in regards to the Civil War I've always been left in a quandary.
However, I'm in no quandary in regards to the soldiers. They did their duty for their country and deserve to be honored.