[wideawake]

My ancestors won the Civil War because they all lived in New York and my two ancestors who actually fought in the War fought in US Grant's army.

Maybe that explains your passport, W2 and the Johnson, Truman, Johnson, Carter, Clinton and GW Bush administrations.

[ContentiousObjector]

I am sorry, I had you confused with someone else

[CyberCowboy777]

You are oppressed not because of your Civil War ancestors but because of your ancestors from 1900 on.

Our ancestors:

that allowed direct taxation by the federal government, that swooned for Hitler in the early years, that narrowed distinctions between man and the animals, that longed for the Third Way, that embraced neo-fascist anti-Christian intellectuals and leaders, that lowered the value of Human life, decreased the value of morality, increased the value unionized and socialized cultures and scoffed at our forbearers.

Lincoln is not the problem.

[talleyman]

"My ancestors won the Civil War because they all lived in New York and my two ancestors who actually fought in the War fought in US Grant's army."

We don't begrudge a person his ancestors - nobody's perfect.

-"American by birth, Southern by the grace of God"