[BroJoeK]

jeffersondem: "To say Southern soldiers, some of which owned slaves, were fighting to preserve slavery is like saying U.S. soldiers in the Jim-Crow era army went ashore on D-Day 'to preserve segregation.' "

A clever analogy which might be valid if, for example, Hitler was known as an ardent anti-segregationists and was feared by US soldiers as someone who would force integration on them.
But such is not even remotely the case.

By stark contrast, Lincoln was thought an ardent abolitionist by Confederates and was feared by them as someone who would impose it on them, if possible.
And indeed, turns out their fears were 100% justified.

[rockrr]

Clever? Hardly. Just another half-witted attempt at sophistry by demojeff.

[jeffersondem]

“. . . Lincoln was thought an ardent abolitionist by Confederates and was feared by them as someone who would impose it on them, if possible. And indeed, turns out their fears were 100% justified.”

Comes now Brother x: “Realistically, Southerners didn’t have much to fear, but in those days the country (and slaveowners in particular) cultivated wild and unrealistic fears.”

And so, critic answers critic.