Even if southern secession had not been based entirely on the rights of white men to own black men, which it was, why would the act of southern secession still be worth celebrating?
Isn't secession, the abandonment of the union, the ultimate rejection of the American national state, just plain old fashioned treason? Would it be if only northern states had seceded?
I can see the purpose and interest in a remembering of the people and events surrounding secession and the Civil War. But to celebrate a rejection of the country and flag that today's conservatives loudly proclaim to value and defend? What's worse is the tendency of today's conservatives to brand themselves as the only true "patriots" in the country while insinuating that liberals fail to express adequate devotion". Total chutzpah.
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Why on earth do we pretend -- at all -- that the Civil War was fought by ANYONE to protect slavery.
Utter nonsense. The Southern leaders loudly and proudly said they started it to SPREAD SLAVERY. It had NOTHING to do with protecting slavery.
How on earth did we let the Confederate apologist pull the wool over our eyes.
Lincoln said it was about the SPREAD of slavery. Southern leaders said it was about the SPREAD of slavery.
For 80 years, they big picture and small picture was about the SPREAD of slavery. Everything was about the SPREAD of slavery.
Get that in your brain- SPREAD of slavery.
What was the "Compromise" of 1820 about? The SPREAD of slavery. What was the "Compromise" of 1850 about? The SPREAD of slavery.
What did the Southern leaders demand in 1861, in their Ultimatums from Montgomery?
The SPREAD of slavery. Why on earth is this so hard for you guys to grasp?
Start with learning what the Five Southern Ultimatums were -- all about the SPREAD of slavery.
THen learn what the South was about -- especially after 1818 -- the SPREAD of slavery.
In word, in deed, in thought, in fact, the Civil War was fought because the South was trying to SPREAD slavery when their ultimatums were not met.
So go learn about Southern Ultimatums, and start again
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