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I did not say he didn't. I did say that's not why he turned down command of the union army, and joined the confederacy.
this discussion wasn't about honor. if Lee was so reprehensible, why did Lincoln offer him command of the union army?
no need, I've been studying this issue for a long time, since I read the first Bruce Catton trilogy back in the sixties.
it wasn't a state right, there was a federal right, enshrined in the constitution, for certain states to have slaves.
target rich environment, right there.
update: the daughter caught what I had, which turned out to be The Flu. she did not catch covid. so far, she's been the sickest of any of us.
if you thought Robert E. Lee joined the south to defend the institution of slavery, then you are mistaken. it's far more complex.
Your argument is the state can decide, correct?
I wish I could do an in thread poll, but it would be educational to understand who you hate the most: *America *Putin *Hamas *Jews and why.
let's think about it another way: in 2024, two of the animating domestic issues for many are: The Border &Trump's eligibility. due to an...
lawd, lawd, lawd, y'all are so predictable. you want to have a real debate about the civil war, in 2024? go back and read what Lincoln had to...
you hate to see it. [spoiler] [MEDIA]
thanks Obama. [MEDIA]
"the true cause of the civil war" is not a conversation we can have in public in the current environment. she tried to finesse it, and blew it....
she is not a political neophyte such as Obama (at the time), or Trump, were. she has a long record in public office at the local, state, and...
it was a gotcha question, but yes, she could have managed her answer better. is this what you want to focus on this cycle?
how did she manage the aftermath of the shooting in a black church, and the subsequent call to remove the confederate battle flag from the state...
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the hold up in F16s is entirely on Biden.
