[jeffersondem]

“The southern slavers chose violent insurrection as their first recourse.”

Problem identified: you are weak on American history.

If you knew about the Missouri Compromise of 1820, the omnibus Compromise of 1850, or the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 you would not make the mistake of writing about “violent insurrection as their first recourse.”

The southern sons and grandsons of the founding fathers wanted to preserve their birthright union. They embraced peaceful compromise. Repeatedly.

[rockrr]

Except that those three events represented not grievance of oppressed peoples, but rather the incessant power grabs by the southern slavers. In each case the south arguably won, although "winning" had the unintended consequence of each act laying the groundwork for the next and ultimately resulting in Bleeding Kansas and the WBTS.

They embraced peaceful compromise. Repeatedly.

Their idea of compromise was like the ex-wife of a buddy of mine "Do it my way and I'll stop nagging you"