Reply #170: That is not what I said, and if you bothered to get an education

[frustrated_lefty]

you'd know what I was referring to. The southern states were terrified of losing any say in governmental processes. Slavery became a causus belli.

Now, having lived in Louisiana, Alabama, California and Philadelphia, I would submit to you that Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love, is by far the most segregated city in my experience. This is in comparison to New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, San Francisco, and San Diego. For all of this enlightened clap-trap I hear about northern states, racism and segregation is alive and well in the North. Some of you pompous assholes might learn a thing or two from your southern brethren.