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12-19-2005, 10:47 PM
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Re: So I guess some people think symbols/posters should be banned.
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Also, I don't see how the confederate flag represents slavery. The civil war was about states' rights, not slavery. Slavery was a side issue. [/ QUOTE ] BINGO!!! 
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12-19-2005, 11:00 PM
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Re: So I guess some people think symbols/posters should be banned.
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Also, I don't see how the confederate flag represents slavery. The civil war was about states' rights, not slavery. Slavery was a side issue. [/ QUOTE ] I personally think this is BS. The claim that the war was about "states rights" is a bit of semantic munging to make the southern states sound slightly more noble than they actually were, perhaps as a means of mending fences between the two halves of the country.
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12-19-2005, 11:02 PM
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Re: So I guess some people think symbols/posters should be banned.
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[ QUOTE ] Also, I don't see how the confederate flag represents slavery. The civil war was about states' rights, not slavery. Slavery was a side issue. [/ QUOTE ] I personally think this is BS. The claim that the war was about "states rights" is a bit of semantic munging to make the southern states sound slightly more noble than they actually were, perhaps as a means of mending fences between the two halves of the country. [/ QUOTE ] Do your personal thoughts have any basis in fact? Maybe you should read about the civil war and not rely on what you learned in 10th grade history class.
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12-19-2005, 11:05 PM
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Re: So I guess some people think symbols/posters should be banned.
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Also, I don't see how the confederate flag represents slavery. The civil war was about states' rights, not slavery. Slavery was a side issue. [/ QUOTE ] I personally think this is BS. The claim that the war was about "states rights" is a bit of semantic munging to make the southern states sound slightly more noble than they actually were, perhaps as a means of mending fences between the two halves of the country. [/ QUOTE ] Do your personal thoughts have any basis in fact? Maybe you should read about the civil war and not rely on what you learned in 10th grade history class. [/ QUOTE ]I think you may have missed his point somewhat.
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12-19-2005, 11:11 PM
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Re: So I guess some people think symbols/posters should be banned.
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and not rely on what you learned in 10th grade history class. [/ QUOTE ] 10th grade is exactly where you learn the "states rights" revisionism. This is akin to when people say "It's not about the money, it's the principle". It's about the money.
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12-19-2005, 11:06 PM
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Re: So I guess some people think symbols/posters should be banned.
To be sure, "states' rights" is something that most people hear in high school and parrot the rest of their lives in the hopes of sounding educated.
Such a complex event as the War of Northern Aggression can't be singled down to a single factor like "slavery" or "states' rights," with the possible exception of "economics."
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12-19-2005, 11:10 PM
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Re: So I guess some people think symbols/posters should be banned.
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To be sure, "states' rights" is something that most people hear in high school and parrot the rest of their lives in the hopes of sounding educated. Such a complex event as the War of Northern Aggression can't be singled down to a single factor like "slavery" or "states' rights," with the possible exception of "economics." [/ QUOTE ] I consider states' rights a very broad topic. Though you are correct that the broader issue is economics.
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12-19-2005, 11:17 PM
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Re: So I guess some people think symbols/posters should be banned.
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[ QUOTE ] Also, I don't see how the confederate flag represents slavery. The civil war was about states' rights, not slavery. Slavery was a side issue. [/ QUOTE ] I personally think this is BS. The claim that the war was about "states rights" is a bit of semantic munging to make the southern states sound slightly more noble than they actually were, perhaps as a means of mending fences between the two halves of the country. [/ QUOTE ] If you search amazon, there are dozens of books talking about the start of the civil war and how it was NOT caused by slavery. Lincoln even said he had no intention of freeing the slaves at his Inaugural Address.
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#10
12-19-2005, 11:12 PM
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Re: So I guess some people think symbols/posters should be banned.
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Also, I don't see how the confederate flag represents slavery. The civil war was about states' rights, not slavery. Slavery was a side issue. [/ QUOTE ] What the confederate flag represents today has very little to do with what the Civil War was about. Why can't you or wacki understand this?
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