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In reply to the discussion: Nikki Haley was asked by a voter what was the cause of the Civil War. It did not go well. [View all]TomSlick
(11,591 posts)17. I have been unable to convince my MiL that the civil war was about slavery.
She was taught in Arkansas public schools that the cause of the civil war was northern plans to usurp the authority of the southern states and northern aggression at Ft. Sumter. I have shown her the secession resolution adopted in Arkansas that makes it clear that slavery was the issue - still, that isn't what she was taught.
Then again, she is 87.
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Nikki Haley was asked by a voter what was the cause of the Civil War. It did not go well. [View all]
Swede
Dec 2023
OP
She's got to know she wouldn't have fared very well in the southern states in the...
PJMcK
Dec 2023
#63
Yeah, government interference in states' rights to let their people own other people.
Ocelot II
Dec 2023
#3
how on EARTH did this ignotwit get elected to any office, much less GOVERNOR? I know, it's SC but still...
CurtEastPoint
Dec 2023
#8
Because she blows all the MAGAt dog whistles to keep some credibility within that community, while pretending
Martin68
Dec 2023
#60
The Post constantly reminds of Haley's contradictory or ambiguous stances. They headlined her failure to slavery fail.
Martin68
Dec 2023
#82
I was brainwashed as a 4th grader in a Virginia rural school when we studied "Virginia History" in 1962.
Martin68
Dec 2023
#83
You mean "the War of Northern Aggression". That's what some of my associates called it.
Wonder Why
Dec 2023
#54
Do a web search on the term. I just did but posted that before I did so because I heard it from people.
Wonder Why
Dec 2023
#90
Yep. "The War of Northern Aggression" is what many still call it. They say it was about 'state's rights'
Attilatheblond
Dec 2023
#69
There are places in the south that referring to it as the civil war is frowned upon very much
Cheezoholic
Dec 2023
#12
Confederate state governments were interfering in African-American people's freedoms
Bernardo de La Paz
Dec 2023
#16
I remember when unreconstructed Neo-Confederates liked to say it was for "economic reasons."
sop
Dec 2023
#18
So basically, the Federal government was interferring with the rights of southern citizens to interfere with the ...
marble falls
Dec 2023
#23
And it's currently being employed to justify the creeping effort to own women.
Attilatheblond
Dec 2023
#72
"Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery" - Declaration of Secession
Tactical Peek
Dec 2023
#44
Anyone who thinks Haley is a "moderate" in any sense of the word is deeply misinformed. This example of
Martin68
Dec 2023
#59
What a spineless, revisionist history cult. Disgusting, deplorable and all lies, all the time. n/t
Evolve Dammit
Dec 2023
#61
Woke liberals trying to change the long standing tradition of using people as property
IronLionZion
Dec 2023
#67
I hope she says the Alamo was about illegal immigrant settlers crossing the border
IronLionZion
Dec 2023
#88