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Excellent point. I am always saying cant we please publicly shame them, but it needed to randys1 Jun 2015 #1
That would have made it so much better. Glassunion Jun 2015 #2
Well, had there been true land reform thucythucy Jun 2015 #44
Should we call it white privilege? brush Jun 2015 #92
Also forced sterilization GusBob Jun 2015 #3
No, I'd be against that bluestateguy Jun 2015 #6
Well, you can go pee on their graves. Throd Jun 2015 #4
Should have treated them like Germany and Japan after WWII Fumesucker Jun 2015 #5
I think the op was suggesting something more like Germany after the Great War. TheManInTheMac Jun 2015 #11
Actually I was kind of envisioning Carthage when I read the OP... Fumesucker Jun 2015 #16
No, more like World War II: thucythucy Jun 2015 #40
Well put. What James McPherson refers to as the "Second American Revolution" was only KingCharlemagne Jun 2015 #95
Yup. Unconditional surrender. lovemydog Jun 2015 #72
There was a little of the OP's suggestions in how we treated Germany and Japan after WWII. backscatter712 Jun 2015 #110
That would have started a guerrilla war theycallmetrinity Jun 2015 #7
In a sense there already was a guerrilla war bluestateguy Jun 2015 #9
I won't disagree with that theycallmetrinity Jun 2015 #12
The U.S. Didn't just give up. CanadaexPat Jun 2015 #29
Worth reading up on. Here are some recs: eppur_se_muova Jun 2015 #97
+1 uponit7771 Jun 2015 #43
The South/Confederacy surrendered npk Jun 2015 #8
If we (northen born) can't forgive and get over the war, how do we expect our (southern born) Nobel_Twaddle_III Jun 2015 #15
Same excuse was offered when Ford pardoned Nixon. old guy Jun 2015 #17
What would you like to have seen happen with Nixon ? Nobel_Twaddle_III Jun 2015 #20
Nixon was toast. old guy Jun 2015 #23
Ok, so Jail time? or Nobel_Twaddle_III Jun 2015 #28
Yes, jail time at the least. old guy Jun 2015 #34
yup, seams just backwards. Nobel_Twaddle_III Jun 2015 #38
Siegelman could have been pardoned in January 2009 1939 Jun 2015 #77
I have wondered about this. old guy Jun 2015 #101
In the enthusiasm of his first days in office 1939 Jun 2015 #112
There was no "treaty agreement." thucythucy Jun 2015 #45
Good Point. Shouldn't have said treaty npk Jun 2015 #49
To a great extent I agree. thucythucy Jun 2015 #59
The situation was a lot more complicated than you make it out to be Art_from_Ark Jun 2015 #79
Actually, most of what passed for land reform thucythucy Jun 2015 #120
Is saying that the Grant administration was the most corrupt up to that time Art_from_Ark Jun 2015 #127
Harping about the corruption of the Grant administration thucythucy Jun 2015 #129
To be technical 1939 Jun 2015 #76
No on lifetime disenfranchisement of all soldiers. bravenak Jun 2015 #10
I agree. thucythucy Jun 2015 #47
It's a vindictive, hate-based system. Igel Jun 2015 #48
Trying war criminals is not "genocide" thucythucy Jun 2015 #122
Do you also want to bulldoze confederate cemetaries? n/t oneshooter Jun 2015 #13
I wouldn't bulldoze them, but I'd revoke the veteran status Confederate soliders SpartanDem Jun 2015 #39
They are still veterans, honorably buried. oneshooter Jun 2015 #42
They receive benefits SpartanDem Jun 2015 #46
DIShonorably buried. n/t ncjustice80 Jun 2015 #116
Yes, I would. And turn them into dog parks. n/t ncjustice80 Jun 2015 #52
Grave desecration? Really? I would hope DUers would be above that. Coventina Jun 2015 #107
Apparently there are several DUers that would willingly bulldoze a Confederate oneshooter Jun 2015 #125
An argument I have made for years. hifiguy Jun 2015 #14
You mean kind of like the Washington government okasha Jun 2015 #30
The idea that Lincoln opposed the sort of meaningful social restructuring thucythucy Jun 2015 #53
You Can't RobinA Jun 2015 #83
Well they are making up for that now n2doc Jun 2015 #18
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2015 #22
Interestingly madville Jun 2015 #33
Texas and Florida are gaining because of Hispanics bluestateguy Jun 2015 #35
True. But the northern states do seem to lose electoral votes every yeoman6987 Jun 2015 #37
It isn't the taxes n2doc Jun 2015 #71
Texas does have somewhat high property taxes madville Jun 2015 #118
Lincoln's take on that, from his second inaugural address. greatauntoftriplets Jun 2015 #19
History has proven Lincoln wrong on that alcibiades_mystery Jun 2015 #26
what do you expect from a Republican 6chars Jun 2015 #32
Yup. Igel Jun 2015 #50
Punishments harden people into resisting. The South need a federal education system. nt NCjack Jun 2015 #21
We've let the white South be in denial that their ancestors were on the wrong side SpartanDem Jun 2015 #24
There is no "the South." Igel Jun 2015 #54
thank you!! n/t zazen Jun 2015 #80
Agreed...Davis should have been hung, probably Lee, too alcibiades_mystery Jun 2015 #25
What about Hirohito after WWII? onenote Jun 2015 #68
Hirohito was symbolic...Tojo was hung, as were numerous other military leaders alcibiades_mystery Jun 2015 #69
Lincoln wanted to keep the United States together, punishing the South would've driven a wedge NightWatcher Jun 2015 #27
The problem was the failed election of 1876. roamer65 Jun 2015 #31
Reconstruction failed. Igel Jun 2015 #62
un bel poème, ça, en bas Pooka Fey Jun 2015 #78
Thank You! RobinA Jun 2015 #85
This. And to think some here would see that resentment intensified. historylovr Jun 2015 #108
Agreed. If only they could have used the Allied example of 1918 as a template Pooka Fey Jun 2015 #36
LOL. linuxman Jun 2015 #41
No Lie DustyJoe Jun 2015 #61
lol! Pooka Fey Jun 2015 #74
You owe me a soda for that. ;) n/t X_Digger Jun 2015 #60
The post-WWII plan would have worked just fine. NuclearDem Jun 2015 #67
So you wanted a 2nd civil war? davidn3600 Jun 2015 #51
It's Never Too Late for Reparations. TheOther95Percent Jun 2015 #55
Absolutely. My ancestors were enslaved by the Holy Roman Empire. Nye Bevan Jun 2015 #64
lol Pooka Fey Jun 2015 #73
Me, too MosheFeingold Jun 2015 #100
In that case, pogglethrope Jun 2015 #56
Indeed, this is why Lincoln is one of the histories greatest disappointments to me. ncjustice80 Jun 2015 #57
On What Basis RobinA Jun 2015 #87
Slavery is a gross human rights violation, and I'm sure they continued operation during the war. ncjustice80 Jun 2015 #117
Robert E. Lee 1939 Jun 2015 #88
Sadly, we did not "have them by the cajones" MosheFeingold Jun 2015 #121
Really??? seveneyes Jun 2015 #58
You have unintentionally showed a big reason why Lincoln was such a great man (nt) Nye Bevan Jun 2015 #63
Next maybe you'll give us your ideas about how every white person should be made to pay for their cherokeeprogressive Jun 2015 #65
Ah, but that's completely different. Nye Bevan Jun 2015 #66
+1000. Nt Doctor Who Jun 2015 #70
+1000 Pooka Fey Jun 2015 #75
That's why we have a government. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #104
But those taxes should only be paid by white people, right? cherokeeprogressive Jun 2015 #109
If you can figure out how to do it, fine. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2015 #111
You sound like a Radical Republican Freddie Stubbs Jun 2015 #81
"Radical Republicans". That's a group that Americans need to learn more about. ladjf Jun 2015 #91
and some in the south are accused of still fighting the war DrDan Jun 2015 #82
While blacks were not elevated mostly because the north was also racist as fuck TheKentuckian Jun 2015 #84
The freed slaves should have been given 40 acres and a mule. But they weren't. Why? Because the raccoon Jun 2015 #86
I think a lot of the rebel army was conscripted. Smarmie Doofus Jun 2015 #89
A trial of Davis 1939 Jun 2015 #93
Sounds like you've been reading General Sherman's letters. ladjf Jun 2015 #90
Within fiftteen years after 1865 1939 Jun 2015 #94
...not to mention huge amounts of Southern land passed into then hands of Northerner's ownership. ladjf Jun 2015 #96
On the other hand MosheFeingold Jun 2015 #98
These OPs are getting dumber and dumber snooper2 Jun 2015 #99
And some say the SOUTH never got over the Civil War B2G Jun 2015 #106
I say we start punishing them now. ileus Jun 2015 #102
It's the WEATHER! Northern refugee here, seeking to move from Illinois to Maryland. raging moderate Jun 2015 #103
Ah glad to see someone who is smarter than upaloopa Jun 2015 #105
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The problem was the Lincoln Assassination. MohRokTah Jun 2015 #114
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Everyone who fought that war is long dead. Those who made it to the 1913 Gettysburg reunion struggle4progress Jun 2015 #119
Last night down by the grave ... seveneyes Jun 2015 #124
What to do for atonement DustyJoe Jun 2015 #126
I'm afraid I think that's nonsense. Donald Ian Rankin Jun 2015 #128
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