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Response to karpool (Original post)

The simple reason sharp_stick Jan 2013 #1
You might want to think that out a bit more. digonswine Jan 2013 #2
So you are advocating mass executions of thousands onenote Jan 2013 #3
The South got treated more like Germany after WWI than West Germany after WWII Fumesucker Jan 2013 #4
Agree...but, this seems...an odd post for a Newbie to start out with. KoKo Jan 2013 #10
Well....it appears to be flaimbait. FarPoint Jan 2013 #20
Perhaps MIRT needs to be notified. It did seem odd. n/t KoKo Jan 2013 #24
Agreed....... FarPoint Jan 2013 #29
You're subscribing to a pro-Confederate myth DeltaLitProf Jan 2013 #70
The US Army didn't allow interracial marriages until 1948 Fumesucker Jan 2013 #74
There were two parts to the post WWII West Germany treatment, though... Hippo_Tron Jan 2013 #76
You just joined DU and you are Worked Up about CIVIL WAR? KoKo Jan 2013 #5
Heh ... PPR ... "Returning Disruptor" MH1 Jan 2013 #72
Because the USA is better than that? arcane1 Jan 2013 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author no_hypocrisy Jan 2013 #7
So you would like to see 90% of the white people in the South executed. former9thward Jan 2013 #8
He does have a point about descendency brush Jan 2013 #17
Inviting Dixiecrats into the GOP was part of Nixon's Southern Strategy, iirc. nt Hekate Jan 2013 #40
Yes! nt brush Jan 2013 #51
"One whole party, the Republican Party, is a direct descendent of the racist southern secessionists. JohLast Jan 2013 #9
Democrats were the racists in the South exboyfil Jan 2013 #15
Between Wilson and Truman, the Parties changed... Agnosticsherbet Jan 2013 #54
I challenge the contention that there was much change in exboyfil Jan 2013 #62
You will find that after Truman allowed blacks in the part in 48 that the south began its long Agnosticsherbet Jan 2013 #75
Some terms to know ... JoePhilly Jan 2013 #45
Read the posts above yours. brush Jan 2013 #52
My friend, please look up "Southern Strategy" on Wikipedia. You need a history lesson. Lex Jan 2013 #59
He wouldn't be today, though. Ken Burch Jan 2013 #63
LOL Boomerproud Jan 2013 #73
You would have been fighting a guerilla war of occupation the exboyfil Jan 2013 #11
+1 freshwest Jan 2013 #22
Please read up on this war and on these individuals. (nt) NYC_SKP Jan 2013 #12
You are so spot on brush Jan 2013 #13
What???????????? FarPoint Jan 2013 #31
What would you call it? brush Jan 2013 #32
But the OP goes beyond leadership, stating all in sympathy with the Confederacy should be killed or Mrs. Overall Jan 2013 #43
Back in the day, not now brush Jan 2013 #56
Dat DU is a Krazeeeee place filled wif nutcases Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #14
heh . . . . annabanana Jan 2013 #16
Jackpine, it does have that certain aroma, doesn't it? nt Hekate Jan 2013 #42
It just reeks of it, Le Taz Hot Jan 2013 #66
You are only the second person to go on my ignore list. El Supremo Jan 2013 #18
Legalize Lonnie Anderson's hair. H2O Man Jan 2013 #19
Free Willy! ellisonz Jan 2013 #21
Ever heard of a martyr, my friend? dorkulon Jan 2013 #23
Anybody else billh58 Jan 2013 #25
I am not a historian, but they may have escaped death because they wanted to reconcile the hrmjustin Jan 2013 #26
They all went to school together and worked together for years prior to CW. aikoaiko Jan 2013 #27
So the entire Confederate Army, and their families, should have been executed? Motown_Johnny Jan 2013 #28
"A world of hurt for anybody who showed southern white pride." This kinda gives you away... Mrs. Overall Jan 2013 #30
Wonder how much karpool was paid for that post? nt tsuki Jan 2013 #33
They formally surrendered and then behaved as gentlemen. kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #34
Sounds like some Troll trying to start something JI7 Jan 2013 #35
Lee's Punishment Wva 4-20mamp Jan 2013 #36
"The military trains their boots they are fighting for home town & mama not the USA"--What?? Hekate Jan 2013 #46
"people can only feel empathy for 50 people at one time" --wtf? Seriously??? Mrs. Overall Jan 2013 #48
Errrm. No. Check the history and policies of both parties in the 1800's. geckosfeet Jan 2013 #37
Because of this: Turbineguy Jan 2013 #38
Vampire's Wva 4-20mamp Jan 2013 #39
Cool story, bro Recursion Jan 2013 #41
if we had killed two people all would be fine..bwahahahahahaaaa spanone Jan 2013 #44
So you think we should've executed the whole German population after WWII? And all Japanese? Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #47
For the same reason Janet Reno could not have just got Koresh outside of Waco graham4anything Jan 2013 #49
What a bunch of bullshit RZM Jan 2013 #50
Because there was already enough killing liberal N proud Jan 2013 #53
Oh Honey, really? I think you're on the wrong site. Hatemonger Underground is down the hall. nolabear Jan 2013 #55
MANY families fought on both sides. unblock Jan 2013 #57
Hmmm. 55 replies and OP karpool is nowhere to be seen... Hekate Jan 2013 #58
.... Lex Jan 2013 #60
100% troll Botany Jan 2013 #61
Well, they DID at least turn Lee's front yard into Arlington National Cemetary. Ken Burch Jan 2013 #64
Shut up. Hissyspit Jan 2013 #65
Literally, LOL! Le Taz Hot Jan 2013 #67
sheesh is right. sheesh to your gross ignorance, hon. cali Jan 2013 #68
They should have been and the failure to do so is why that certain parts of America stultusporcos Jan 2013 #69
what a stinking pile of reactionary aliberal dog shit, dearie. cali Jan 2013 #77
Why weren't Jeff Davis and Robert E. Lee PPR'd as disruptors? muriel_volestrangler Jan 2013 #71
Because the death penalty for opinions is going a bit over the line. nt Codeine Jan 2013 #78
It was the dadburn ACLU...dagnab it! Ken Burch Jan 2013 #79
Enjoy your pizza... billh58 Jan 2013 #80
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