[KC_Conspirator]

This is precisely what Lincoln wanted to avoid; demonization, hate, and polarization.

[RFEngineer]

“This is precisely what Lincoln wanted to avoid; demonization, hate, and polarization.”

This is true.

They should simply hold a national referendum banning the South from the Union.

[ek_hornbeck]

This is precisely what Lincoln wanted to avoid; demonization, hate, and polarization.

It's only a matter of time before this becomes Federal Law, i.e. a Federal dictate that prohibits southerners the right to honor the memories of 300K war dead among their forebears.