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re: Robert e lee day
Posted on 1/16/17 at 3:08 pm to rockiee
Posted on 1/16/17 at 3:08 pm to rockiee
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to many it was but to say 100% is fairly ignorant
I'll put it another way. There were many factors that led to the Civil War. Every one of those factors could be traced back to the South's insistence on maintaining the institution of slavery.
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Posted on 1/16/17 at 3:23 pm to The Spleen
I hate when people use the term 'elementary', but it is very elementary and ridiculously simplistic to say the war was about slavery. It wasn't. Slavery was used to lubricate the engine of war.
You're thinking, no. It was about slavery. Everything can be traced to the South's insistence on keeping slave labor.
And you're right.
But like so many other things, having a note ring in tune and be true doesn't make it completely the truth.
It's easy to say it was about slavery and all things can be traced to it. That's easy. It takes no cognitive effort and it takes no real understanding and leg-work on your part.
You're thinking, no. It was about slavery. Everything can be traced to the South's insistence on keeping slave labor.
And you're right.
But like so many other things, having a note ring in tune and be true doesn't make it completely the truth.
It's easy to say it was about slavery and all things can be traced to it. That's easy. It takes no cognitive effort and it takes no real understanding and leg-work on your part.
Posted on 1/16/17 at 3:29 pm to The Spleen
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Every one of those factors could be traced back to the South's insistence on maintaining the institution of slavery.
I could agree with this for the most part. It was the key element of the states' rights issue. It was an important issue we faced as a nation and we were going to have that kind of argument sooner rather than later if slaves were involved or not.
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