Correcto. The wealthy plantation owners used media to gain support from the poor whites in the south spreading falsehoods such as an end to slavery will mean you will not have a job or have to work for lower wages. That crime would increase and women would be raped. Total anarchy. Plus it was always the unsaid status quo that oppressed poor whites would not rise against the wealthy plantation owners who exploit them as long as they kept their social caste above enslaved blacks. Today it’s hispanics and this idea that working people are dependent on rich people for a livelihood. It’s the same old song.
Hmm. Well you've kind of left out important details like the Democrats in the south opposing the "radical Republicans" during Reconstruction and those same Democrats forming the KKK with mass murders of freed slaves and white abolitionists. The KKK is a Democrat institution to this day. Shameful.
Ok but that is a separate issue from what was said and yet another misdirect from the issue. That means you agree that the Southerners were mainly fighting to keep slavery, whether you were a wealthy plantation owner or a poor southerner who did not own slaves, you opposed the government telling you that you could not own slaves and thus the rebellion. These were not courageous patriots fighting for a noble cause, they were fighting to protect their servants and lazy way of life.
Ok. So what are you trying to tell me, that the south was liberal in 1854 and the north conservative? No wait you’re telling me that African Americans today support the KKK. Is this right? Were you born in America?
You guys are unable or unwilling to discuss well documented issues without twisting people's words or outright lying. I see that you are frustrated, arguing with someone 40 IQ points above you can be frustrating. But FFS surely you realize that lying and misrepresenting the posts of others just lines you up for hostility. Possibly that is what you want? Fine. What happens is you take little pot shots from cover and then I turn the guns onto your position and pour fire on it and you look stupid as a result. Works for me.
Retarded con logic:. The Taliban is virtuous and and worthy of statues for showing no fear against an invading force
You are unwilling to stay on topic. The point was praise for those courageous southern freedom fighters who hated the federal government telling them to stop slavery and you are bringing your gran pappys military service and the KKK. You must have ADHD.
You misrepresent people's posts, misrepresent a history you had no part of, then turn ad hominem and wet your pants when you get smoked El BolaDeGrasa. This is your future here on ET.
Did not misrepresent anything sparky. You supported AAA post that claimed the courageous southerners were heroes for fighting to uphold slavery. It is pretty obvious. If this is what you call a victory then take your geritol and go to bed by 8pm as per your usual.