OrvainJoin Date: 2013-12-20
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Well sorry lady but the civil war isn't only about the slave trade.
Many other people fought in the civil war for various reasons and putting yours over theirs is ignoring peoples history. |
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it was a pretty funny video
happy she took it down, we need more people to make sick memes like that and piss other people off |
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She's being fined $3,000, she's going to spend three years in jail, and the flag was raised again.
Civil disobedience doesn't always work the way you want it to. |
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150565Join Date: 2011-01-23
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lol
the civil war was practically because of slaves
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OrvainJoin Date: 2013-12-20
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Oh yes, because all of the young men who took part on the confederate side were hardened slave owners. |
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150565Join Date: 2011-01-23
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http://www.hu
ffingtonpost
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il-war-slavery_n_7639988.html
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@Orvain
No, they thought they were fighting for freedom or some crap. But what they were really fighting for was the interests of the slaveholding elite (which did include the perpetuation of slavery). |
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deafcultJoin Date: 2013-08-28
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the civil war was mainly about slaves
there were other reasons sure
but mainly about slaves
"sitting across from you i felt so cold" |
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The Civil War was more about states' rights than slavery. The slavery issues may have been a catalyst, but I think the south was more concerned about its rights and freedoms as individual states. |
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150565Join Date: 2011-01-23
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Almost all the southern states seceded specifically for the reason to keep slavery
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OrvainJoin Date: 2013-12-20
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@hy
Oh really?
One of the most influential men in the south, Sam Houston actually wanted to never have slavery.
Meanwhile lincoln only abolished it to "Keep the union together".
Please. |
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"Almost all the southern states seceded specifically for the reason to keep slavery"
I understand it a little differently, but maybe I'll do some more digging. |
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@ORvain
It should be noted that Houston was also a unionist. So he doesn't really count as being on "the south/Confederacy's side". |
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OrvainJoin Date: 2013-12-20
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He was a southerner and a influential one.
His opinion doesn't magically make him part of the union.
Here is quite a nice line.
"History is written by the victors."
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SHE IS A TRUE 'MURICAN!
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@Orvain
Well, he definitely wasn't in favor of the confederacy. I never denied that he was a true southerner just that he doesn't really count as a "confederate elite" if he wasn't supporting them. |
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150565Join Date: 2011-01-23
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http://www.huffi
ngtonpost.com/2
015/06/22/confederate-flag-racist_n_7639788.html
the flag we know today wasn't even used that much in the war
it was mainly resurrected by the Dixiecrats to promote racism
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Flag holds no good meaning in it.
There's no pride in any part of it.
I hope those swamp heads do get out of the union, tired of seeing their idiotic "heritage" on TV.
yeah.... |
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OrvainJoin Date: 2013-12-20
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"Dixiecrats" excuse me but I'm dying.
It was a flag used in the later part of the war, so you are correct in it not being used much.
But it's still iconic.
How would you feel if a flag that your ancestors fought by was taken down out of disrespect as well as being spat on and lit on fire normally as a sign of disrespect to it? |
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"Flag holds no good meaning in it.
There's no pride in any part of it.
I hope those swamp heads do get out of the union, tired of seeing their idiotic "heritage" on TV."
You're a special kind of special. |
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If my ancestors fought to keep ownership of equal individuals, I'd burn it too.
yeah.... |
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@Orvain
The American flag is the flag of their ancestors. Not the "Dixie flag", which is just a symbol of hatred. |
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