My observation has been that liberals hate the US (yes, I said hate - ask them if they can say "I love the US") - EXCEPT when it comes to "the Civil War". Then the US was the greatest thing ever.
Southerners tend to be the reverse - they think the US was the worst ever when it comes to "the Civil War", but they are very loyal US otherwise - the US never did any wrong!
I tend to sympathize more with the latter attitude.
And thus, I also have a suspicion of anyone who voraciously defends "the North", as being a liberal/commie. Because my experience has been the above.
the VAST majority of the LEFTIST, south-HATERS have done NOTHING to support/defend the country, while HATING a whole region (the southland), with a passion unsurpassed by anything i can imagine.
in their twisted little world, "south BAD/north PERFECT" is their mantra. they even fail to admit the HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of ATROCITIES committed against innocent civilians & CSA prisoners of war,by the DAMNyankee invaders, OR they try to dismiss those DOCUMENTED horrors as either "revisionism" or "myth" OR they try to dismiss the ATROCITIES (as "irish" has tried) bty saying, "that was a long time ago & you should just forget it".
SADLY (for THEM), the documentation of those WAR CRIMES & CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY exists, so they just LIE about it and/or try DESPERATELY to "change the subject" (as "irish" has repeatedly tried on this revived thread) to "slavery", "jim crow" or to something/ANYTHING ELSE except those documented ATROCITIES.
before the wounds that DIVIDE north & south ever heal (IF such a thing should ever happen),it will take (imVho)an OPEN & SINCERE ADMISSION by the DAMNyankees that what was done was WRONG,KNOWINGLY IMMORAL & CRIMINAL & that their attempts to cover-up those ATROCITIES were, in themselves, DISHONEST, INDECENT & IMMORAL. (as DAMNyankees are not known for either HUMILITY or HONESTY in dealing with their failings, i do NOT ever expect this to happen!)
in a previous post "irish" demanded PROOF of my comments about WAR CRIMES committed against Roman Catholics. if i went to the trouble to research & posted a DOZEN/HUNDRED/THOUSAND documented cases of such CRIMES, he would want one more than that OR (more likely) say, "that's NOT a good source". to DAMNyankee, REVISIONIST,HATERS, ONLY south-HATING sources "can be believed"!!!
ANY source that DISAGREES with their arrogant, ignorant,PREJUDICES is WRONG, no matter what the source may be. 'tis the "nature of the (DY) beast".
free dixie,sw