Originally Posted by Birdwatcher


You're lucky. When I say that slavery was essential to the Southern economy in 1860 I get labelled a "revisionist", and worse, a "Brit" grin



That's because you always leave out the fact that the war was about the economy, of which slavery was an element. It's like saying WWII was about killing Jews.


The only thing worse than a liberal is a liberal that thinks they're a conservative.