[UnwashedPeasant]

The Confederates were more American than the Yankees. They were defending the founding principles. Their cause was ultimately a second American Revolution.

[DoodleDawg]

The Confederates were more American than the Yankees.

Were they now?

They were defending the founding principles.

Which were?

[rockrr]

It must irk you no end that, to most of the rest of the world, all Americans are referred to as yankees...

[OIFVeteran]

A comparison between the 1776 rebellion and the 1860 rebellion. RW = the Revolutionary War, ACW = the American Civil War.

The rebelling party was a full member of the body politic:
RW: no. ACW: yes
The rebelling party had willfully and freely entered into the government from which it was rebelling:
RW: no. ACW: yes
The rebelling party had access to full representation on the national stage:
RW: no. ACW: yes
The rebelling party had attempted to have their grievances redressed, and hostilities began before they declared separation and independence:
RW: yes. ACW: No
The rebelling party began their rebellion after losing a free and fair election in which they were a full participant:
RW: no. ACW: yes
The rebelling party made clear in their documents of separation that their main concern was protecting chattel slavery of the African race:
RW: no. ACW: yes
The rebelling party made clear their right to separation through war and de facto independence:
RW: yes. ACW: no
How are these conflicts remotely similar?

[jmacusa]

They were defending slavery.