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Slavery goes on in parts of the world today but you don't hardly hear anybody speak of it.

Can’t bring yourself to say it was wrong, can you?





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Reon, Thank you for exposing at least part of the revisionist lies.

It really is annoying to listen to or read that garbage. You will never ever find a modicum of truth in the spittle the MSM (AND FAUX!) spew. And, it gets worse with every passing year.

I rarely find discussion of the Civil War to be the least bit inspiring any more.

Sherman foraged and then destroyed everything he didn't take with him.

But he never condoned or ordered harm to the civilian populations of the south. Although it's hard to believe individual isolated terrible acts didn't occur, they were not the practiced or official policy of the Union Army under Sherman's command.

Sherman was a lot tougher and ruthless on the Indians of the west than he was the confederate populations of the South.

"After leaving the army in 1835, Davis married Sarah Knox Taylor, daughter of general and future President Zachary Taylor. Sarah died from malaria three months after the wedding. Davis became a cotton planter, building Brierfield Plantation in Mississippi on his brother Joseph's land and eventually owning as many as 113 slaves.

In 1845, Davis married Varina Howell. During the same year, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives, serving for one year. From 1846 to 1847, he fought in the Mexican–American War as the colonel of a volunteer regiment. He was appointed to the United States Senate in 1847, resigning to unsuccessfully run as governor of Mississippi. In 1853, President Franklin Pierce appointed him Secretary of War. After Pierce's administration ended in 1857, Davis returned to the Senate. He resigned in 1861 when Mississippi seceded from the United States."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Davis

Read the book War Crimes against Southern Civilians. There was no excuse for the behavior they displayed.

Winners always write the history books. Therefore, they tell their side of it, which usually means that the real side is swept under the rug. The North won the war, and those who teach history and write books have spent the past 160 years or so repeating the story that the North wanted told.

Mr Oreogummy Im proud of my heritage I can do a break down of evry Virginia regiment and evry battle my folks wuz in from bull run to Appomattox.
Plz list ur families contributions if you would oblige 😃

The winners didn’t write the case of the lost cause. The losers twisted history to sanitize the truth. It was a devastating time in American history. Brave men died on both sides so the idea that “all men are created equal” could be realized.

Horsesheit!

Well Duh!
That happens EVERY PHUGKING time you interface armed soldiers with unarmed civilians. It has happened in battle from the beginning of time. It is human nature.

Who was it that said, "Kill them all, God will take his own."

There is an evil fraction in any group of humans. The most evil tend to gravitate together. In ancient times it was anathema to kill gentleman officers of apposing forces, as those officers could be counted on to hold their savages in check after the battle was won or lost.

The Japanese savaged the conquered Chinese. Koreans suffered greatly at the hands of Japanese invaders. Every combatant force in WW2 slaughtered captured POWs when it was not convenient to move them back to Headquarters.

Pilots machine gunned airmen in their parachutes.

A certain segment of American GIs slaughtered innocent Vietnamese villagers and raped women and girls. Because they had the guns and the power and they could. German ground forces did the same all across Europe, not to mention what they did to "undesirables", no matter their nation of origin.

Such has happened since the dawn of time. It is a product of man's innate evil which surfaces when he has no fear of retribution. Man is naturally a predator, and must be taught not to take what ever he wants from the weaker.

It is very unfortunate that these things happened to Americans at the hands of other Americans. But it is an unavoidable byproduct of war. All we can do is catch such culprits and punish then severely including execution as a warning that there is fear of retribution.

Good for you. Your pride in your heritage isn’t the issue.

Quit dodging the question, you’re starting to look afraid of the answer. You’re a grown man, act like one.

Was slavery right in 1860?





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Heck, If you can get some of the people on this site to say chattel race based slavery would be wrong in 2024, I’d be impressed.

I don’t know why he won’t answer the question.

Okay, that’s wrong, I know why he won’t answer the question. We all do.

Watch now, either he won’t respond at all or he’ll deflect clumsily with another Bull Run (you’d think he’d at least spell it right) proud of my heritage statement.




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That's the problem with some people here. It goes beyond lost cause mythology to unvarnished racism. There's a difference between not accepting historical truth and being a racist douche, but some guys here manage to do both very well.

Let's not leave out all those nuts over in the Mideast.

Owning slaves was and would be a pain in the ass. The Germans at Fredericksburg
picked their own cotton.

No does that make your feelers feel better

Stupid question that doesn’t matter. In 2124 owning guns will be wrong in 2024. In 2124 meat will be wrong in 2024. In 2124 free migration will be wrong in 2024. And in 2124 internal combustion engines will be a terrible crime against the earth in 2024. All the harsh measures undertaken in the next few decades to stop the horrible practices will be necessary and message board historical illiterates will champion their success.