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edhopper

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6. They have been teaching that in the South

Tue Aug 15, 2017, 09:17 AM

Aug 2017

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for generations.

So someone has to come in and tell us how the South isn't a problem.

Except, no South, no Trump, no GOP majority.

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The Civil War was not about slavery [View all] itsrobert Aug 2017 OP

this bullshit has been around a long time....states rights to own people.... spanone Aug 2017 #1

State's rights to maintain SLAVERY hlthe2b Aug 2017 #2

Willful ignorance on the part of the alt-right, or just the right in general. bullwinkle428 Aug 2017 #3

This. They choose to disconnect the two because otherwise mythology Aug 2017 #15

Tell them to read the fricking Confederate constitution mcar Aug 2017 #4

Or the individual states Articles of Succession... Raster Aug 2017 #7

That's right mcar Aug 2017 #8

Also the declarations of seccession of many of those states state clearly that they are... brush Aug 2017 #41

They sure didn't hide their motivations mcar Aug 2017 #72

That bullshit --and it is bullshit-- comes from those attempting to WHITE-wash history... Raster Aug 2017 #5

They have been teaching that in the South edhopper Aug 2017 #6

Not just the south El Mimbreno Aug 2017 #32

Fortunately, you've held onto the attitude! PJMcK Aug 2017 #51

From a northern city as well, I still remember the question on the test, Canoe52 Aug 2017 #46

okay edhopper Aug 2017 #75

Yep ExciteBike66 Aug 2017 #9

Double Yep.. mitch96 Aug 2017 #29

Yeah, the Confederate leadership were hypocritical assholes of the highest order. cemaphonic Aug 2017 #76

It was totally about slavery workinclasszero Aug 2017 #10

Tell these idiots to read each state's secession speech. Lars39 Aug 2017 #11

I have heard that crap my whole life get the red out Aug 2017 #12

What was it about then? syringis Aug 2017 #13

Of course it was about slavery... whathehell Aug 2017 #14

Southern white kids learn that bullshit on their parents' knees. Paladin Aug 2017 #16

I ran into that strange excuse for BootinUp Aug 2017 #17

Would there have been a war without slavery? FLPanhandle Aug 2017 #18

All the resolutions of secession mention the necessity of slavery to the southern way of life. muntrv Aug 2017 #19

Yes it was. atreides1 Aug 2017 #20

Very interesting.. Thanks for posting! whathehell Aug 2017 #24

Case closed! workinclasszero Aug 2017 #26

Done !!! uponit7771 Aug 2017 #53

I am not big on Prager University marylandblue Aug 2017 #69

Oh, brother. Outbreak was over whether slavery would be legal Hortensis Aug 2017 #21

Anyone ever heard of the "War of Northern Aggression"? whathehell Aug 2017 #22

It was hurple Aug 2017 #23

I've run into that BS for years. I usually tell them to read the first two paragraph's of Hoyt Aug 2017 #25

It was about preserving the Union. The Union would not need preserving if the states patricia92243 Aug 2017 #27

PLease point them to the Cornerstone Speech. I keep this quote on hand. Adrahil Aug 2017 #28

They teach this in schools in the south SHRED Aug 2017 #30

This is what I was taught in 1948-49 in the 8th grade. In Texas, of course. Thirties Child Aug 2017 #31

One of my husband's nephews--who lives in Georgia--posted this on his fb page not long ago mnhtnbb Aug 2017 #33

Maybe you can call him "General Embarrassment" Orrex Aug 2017 #35

yeah d_r Aug 2017 #38

Wait, how can one put "slavery" and "free market" in the same thing? ck4829 Aug 2017 #44

It's the same type of irrational logic that defends religious rights mnhtnbb Aug 2017 #58

The Cornerstone Speech blows that lie out of the water Orrex Aug 2017 #34

the other argument is that it was about economics d_r Aug 2017 #36

Much of the financing for southern purchase of slaves came from the northern financiers flyingfysh Aug 2017 #39

The tarriffs of the 1850s d_r Aug 2017 #42

southern cotton was the cheapest in the world flyingfysh Aug 2017 #43

I'm saying what I've heard people say nt d_r Aug 2017 #45

like this link d_r Aug 2017 #47

It was a different kind of slavery Lithos Aug 2017 #74

That's what I was taught in schools growing up in Ohio. JoeStuckInOH Aug 2017 #64

People only need to read the secessionists' own words flyingfysh Aug 2017 #37

States' rights? Yeah, sure. During the Civil War, Georgia had SWBTATTReg Aug 2017 #40

I don't think I have ever heard the "States Rights" issue used... Wounded Bear Aug 2017 #48

Just today, someone told me it was because the North blocked Southern cotton exports to England muriel_volestrangler Aug 2017 #49

The causes are many. It is a mistake to try to boil everything down to 1 cause. TexasProgresive Aug 2017 #50

I was in junior high school when the Civil War Centennial rolled around. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2017 #52

You mean The War of Northern Agression? nolabear Aug 2017 #54

That's what the previous President of NRA called the war -- Big Jim Porter, a white wing Hoyt Aug 2017 #84

As a Southerner (many generations..) TBA Aug 2017 #55

Richmond has a large Civil War museum. mn9driver Aug 2017 #56

Twas about slavery in their own words: yowzayowzayowza Aug 2017 #57

I thought for a long time it was about slavery, but as I got older I realized that it was LiberalArkie Aug 2017 #59

Look at the southern states own declarations of secession CanonRay Aug 2017 #60

Lee's of Virginia DeminPennswoods Aug 2017 #61

They should read the statements from the states as to why they seceded JonLP24 Aug 2017 #62

The Civil War was about SC Not Ruth Aug 2017 #63

If you wonder what I mean about out of hand, these are the numbers Not Ruth Aug 2017 #66

I understand why people want to forget it, it was horrible, I would ban any memorial to war Not Ruth Aug 2017 #67

SC was a diehard slavery state Not Ruth Aug 2017 #70

I took a course about the Civil War in College HopeAgain Aug 2017 #65

Wow just wow Lotusflower70 Aug 2017 #68

They didn't give a shit about "state's rights" when it came to the Fugitive Slave Law... First Speaker Aug 2017 #71

The Fugitive Slave Laws is one of the strongest arguments against the "states rights" theory cemaphonic Aug 2017 #80

Yes, good point. n/t whathehell Aug 2017 #86

Yes/No Lithos Aug 2017 #73

First use of propaganda? Really? BootinUp Aug 2017 #77

Modern use of propaganda, yes Lithos Aug 2017 #78

Oddly enough, each state's Articles of Secession mentioned slavery as a relevant motivation LanternWaste Aug 2017 #82

There is a distinction Lithos Aug 2017 #83

The "economic" talking point is both trivially obvious and insidiously misleading Azathoth Aug 2017 #79

+1 BootinUp Aug 2017 #81

if the state says it folks believe it...russians still don't think we landed on the moon dembotoz Aug 2017 #85