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In reply to the discussion: Why weren't Jeff Davis and Robert E. Lee executed as traitors? [View all]unblock
(52,243 posts)57. MANY families fought on both sides.
this happened during the revolution as well, but even more so during the civil war.
many families, whether through divided loyalties or conscious choice, had family members on both sides. i know some people who can trace their lineage back to that time. many families specifically sent one son to fight for one side and the other to fight for the other side so that at least one would be on the winning side.
after 4 long years of family members fighting family members, people just wanted the killing to be over and go back to their families. the north just wanted to figure out how to exploit the south and the south just wanted to figure out how to exploit blacks without the cherished institution of slavery.
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The South got treated more like Germany after WWI than West Germany after WWII
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#4
Inviting Dixiecrats into the GOP was part of Nixon's Southern Strategy, iirc. nt
Hekate
Jan 2013
#40
"One whole party, the Republican Party, is a direct descendent of the racist southern secessionists.
JohLast
Jan 2013
#9
You will find that after Truman allowed blacks in the part in 48 that the south began its long
Agnosticsherbet
Jan 2013
#75
My friend, please look up "Southern Strategy" on Wikipedia. You need a history lesson.
Lex
Jan 2013
#59
But the OP goes beyond leadership, stating all in sympathy with the Confederacy should be killed or
Mrs. Overall
Jan 2013
#43
I am not a historian, but they may have escaped death because they wanted to reconcile the
hrmjustin
Jan 2013
#26
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
"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
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
Oh Honey, really? I think you're on the wrong site. Hatemonger Underground is down the hall.
nolabear
Jan 2013
#55
Well, they DID at least turn Lee's front yard into Arlington National Cemetary.
Ken Burch
Jan 2013
#64
They should have been and the failure to do so is why that certain parts of America
stultusporcos
Jan 2013
#69