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re: University of Alabama system to review all building names, remove Confederate Army plaques
Posted on 6/10/20 at 10:29 am to Fells
Posted on 6/10/20 at 10:29 am to Fells
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They were traitors, and them being manipulated by rich people to kill Americans so that the rich people could maintain their cheap labor force does not make them victims.
Sure it does. Especially the countless child soldiers who were involved in the Civil War. Most wars throughout history have been fought by the young, poor, and impressionable who were either manipulated by propaganda, if not outright compelled, to fight in it on behalf of the rich and powerful. Would you say some 13 year old boy in the Hitler Youth was the same as a sadistic monster like Himmler? Of course not. No reasonable person would make that comparison even though both were Nazis. There are fanatics involved in every war, but the bulk of the people fighting are young men who have no real choice in the matter. Lumping them all in together is ridiculous.
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Posted on 6/10/20 at 10:59 am to Robot Santa
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Sure it does. Especially the countless child soldiers who were involved in the Civil War. Most wars throughout history have been fought by the young, poor, and impressionable who were either manipulated by propaganda, if not outright compelled, to fight in it on behalf of the rich and powerful. Would you say some 13 year old boy in the Hitler Youth was the same as a sadistic monster like Himmler? Of course not. No reasonable person would make that comparison even though both were Nazis. There are fanatics involved in every war, but the bulk of the people fighting are young men who have no real choice in the matter. Lumping them all in together is ridiculous.
What about the poor uneducated white or black who was drafted to serve in Vietnam, another amoral war, while the children of privledge (looking at you Trump) got deferments?
The poor always do the fighting and dying in a rich man's war they had nothing to do with...Confederacy was no different.
This post was edited on 6/10/20 at 11:03 am
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