Posted on 10/05/2012 5:44:36 AM PDT by Davy Buck
In recent years, we've seen an increase in the number of articles and blog posts comparing Confederate soldiers to Nazis. It is an intellectually dishonest comparison with ideological and political motivations. Those promoting such an interpretation should be pleased with this bit of news . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at oldvirginiablog.blogspot.com ...
Well, I always thought us Southerners were more honorable and freedom-loving than our once enemies....;)
Seriously, comparing the Southern boys of that day to Nazis requires a single-digit IQ....
Attempting to evaluate the motivations of people in the civil war with today’s mores and beliefs gives little insight into the participants but does reveal much about the modern author.
It was a very different world. Most of us would be extremely uncomfortable in it.
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