Posted on 03/01/2005 1:33:00 PM PST by sheltonmac
My grandmother referred it as "The Late Great Unpleasantness ">Her father lost a leg at the first Battle of Mannassas.He was in Lees Army of Northern Virginia.
Revisionist history has never affected me. The South fought in a Noble Cause for their freedom.
It was probably more about slavery to Southerners than to Northerners. But the North DID NOT go to war to end slavery. It went to war to preserve the union. Lincoln himself was willing to preserve slavery if it would preserve the union. Slavery was legal at the time and so stated in the Consititution.
Disney has approved a 2006 release date for a 60th anniversary "Song of the South" DVD.
Most people rightly believe that the confederacy really sucked ass.
How illuminating to see that you speak for most people.
Your comment is that of a moron.
You've just lost the "civility" war.
BUMP and BOOKMARKED.
Nice posting.
LOL!
Right On!
Thank you, onyx. Very good.
Stainlessbanner, this might be a good example of Southern culture at its best: Having the talent to gracefully receive a crude insult with aplomb, all the while telling the insultor to go to hell in a very polite manner.
"But if there's anything worse than a Damn Yankee trying to tell a Southerner how to live or what to think, it's a gutless, guilt-ridden, self-destructive Southerner who has been made to feel ashamed of his heritage to the point where he plays an active role in its destruction."
Bears repeating again.
Polite? No - they can just go to hell. Pretty simple.
Be Prepared Boys,We ain't done yet....The Blue-Bellies just think we are..(just between us and the walls,,that's what we want them to think,,,what a plan!)
CSA
Bless that poster's heart, huh?
Thank you for your kind words.
Much appreciated.
"But the North DID NOT go to war to end slavery. It went to war to preserve the union. Lincoln himself was willing to preserve slavery if it would preserve the union."
And by preserving the union the north could continue to rape the south financially.
Never ends
INCOMING !!!!!!!!!!!!!
You Got That Right
Here's today's fact, restorer.
The South is saving the union from the democrats.
Not one blue state.
At the cost of over 600,000 Americans? Slavery had already died off in most Northern states and other parts of the civilized world. It was also a dying institution in the South and most likely would have been dead within the next decade.
Slavery was legal in all 13 colonies when we fought for our independence from England. In fact, from the time the first European set foot on these shores until 1865, slavery existed in one form or another in America. Fortunately, people began to realize that slavery was incompatible with a nation founded on liberty, and the institution began to fade away.
Out of curiosity, are you familiar with what the New Testament says about how slaves were to be treated? Many Southern slaveowners followed those guidelines. It's difficult for us to imagine a culture in which slavery was accepted, but it was a social reality at the time. Were it deemed inherently evil back in biblical times, the Apostle Paul would have condemned Philemon for owning slaves. He didn't. In fact, he sent the runaway slave Onesimus back to his owner.
FYI, slavery existed for only 4 years under the Confederate flag; it existed for 89 years under the U.S. flag.
The honus to do so is not on me because I'm not the one urging other to preserve confederate or southern culture; the honus to define southern culture is on those who crusade to preserve all things confederate.
I do think that its fair to say there is a difference between Southern culture and confederate memorialization; the confederacy is centered on and revolves around a form of government; while Souther culture could be far more expansive.
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