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geek tragedy

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47. It would have been worth the death of every white Southerner.
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 01:16 PM
Nov 2012

Most of the deaths fell on the South, which is perfectly appropriate, given that they went to war to defend slavery.

Speculation is such fun, eh? bemildred Nov 2012 #1
Warrior chickenhawks advocating attacking Polldancer2012 Nov 2012 #30
And exclusive blame belongs to those who started the war to continue slavery. geek tragedy Nov 2012 #34
I understand. Polldancer2012 Nov 2012 #43
It would have been worth the death of every white Southerner. geek tragedy Nov 2012 #47
Actually you're incorrect Polldancer2012 Nov 2012 #50
It would have been worth millions more. Slavery had to die, no matter how many had to die alongside geek tragedy Nov 2012 #55
wow. Polldancer2012 Nov 2012 #57
I Wouldn't Have Lost Any Sleep If Every Japanese Soldier Defending Bataan Was Killed/nt DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2012 #52
How many American boys Polldancer2012 Nov 2012 #59
I'm not anti-war, sometimes war is necessary. bemildred Nov 2012 #53
Please read and give me your thoughts: coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #64
Negotiate? How? Just a little slavery allowed. etc :( patricia92243 Nov 2012 #2
It's Easy When You Aren't A Slave And Your Children Aren't Being Sold Like Dogs From A Litter/nt DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2012 #5
What if Eleanor Roosevelt could fly? mysuzuki2 Nov 2012 #3
The Germans And Japanese Were Suing For Peace In 1945 DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2012 #4
SCARY BECAUSE IT READS SO TRUE ROBROX Nov 2012 #6
thank you - finally an unbiased consideration of what "might have happened" LVZ Nov 2012 #10
Not everything is up for debate. There are universal norms. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2012 #14
irrelevant - Lincoln did not go to war over slavery, he "chose" to go war to "maintain" the Union LVZ Nov 2012 #18
Most Of The Secessionist Movements DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2012 #19
Who fired on Fort Sumter again? Take your War of Northern Aggression nonsense to a Klan site geek tragedy Nov 2012 #22
You sound very confused about the current state of politics in California: bemildred Nov 2012 #13
GOP might never again hold power in California bemildred Nov 2012 #56
This flies in the face of what makes us American CCJORDAN Nov 2012 #7
I Would Have Hoped I Had The Courage To Lose A Limb Or Even My Life So Others Could Live Free DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2012 #11
The South wasn't interested in sharp_stick Nov 2012 #8
Neo-Confederate Blather. Take A Hike. (nt) Paladin Nov 2012 #9
We are not enemies, but friends. NoPasaran Nov 2012 #12
What if Great Britain had negotiated with the Germans? How would that work out? onehandle Nov 2012 #15
Southerners were intractable about wanting to secede csziggy Nov 2012 #16
part of negotiation is giving "rational" people part of what each wants LVZ Nov 2012 #21
Do you consider the blacks in the South at that time to be 'rational people', or 3/5, or not at all? geek tragedy Nov 2012 #23
I do not consider you to be rationale - merely abusive - enough said. n/t LVZ Nov 2012 #26
Yes, your analysis of bargaining with the south that ignored what black people wanted geek tragedy Nov 2012 #31
It's A "Still-Unfinished War"...... Paladin Nov 2012 #29
So better conditions makes slavery OK? hack89 Nov 2012 #32
The North had ALREADY tried to compromise for DECADES csziggy Nov 2012 #58
... we'll fill our vacant ranks with a million freemen more ... and though he may be poor struggle4progress Nov 2012 #17
So we should have continued slavery into the 20th century? Lemme guess, poster is pasty white? nt geek tragedy Nov 2012 #20
I Get The Argument That Slavery Would Have Eventually Fallen Of Its Own Weight DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2012 #27
Someone willing to compromise on owning other human beings can't pretend geek tragedy Nov 2012 #28
one presumes then that all Presidents before Lincoln were immoral ? n/t LVZ Nov 2012 #33
I'll Turn That Around DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2012 #37
Yes. This has been another episode of short answers to stupid questions. nt geek tragedy Nov 2012 #41
Which Is Exactly What Lincoln Did Without Explicitly Saying So DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2012 #35
Lincoln was explicitly anti-slavery, Unlike the OP. nt geek tragedy Nov 2012 #38
Exactly But To Maintain Support For The War He Had To Be Seen As Anti-Slavery And Anti-Secession DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2012 #42
Note this thread started with a whine about the rights of southern slave owners. geek tragedy Nov 2012 #45
I Kind Of Divined His Rebel Sympathies DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2012 #49
The problem is that the losers knew EXACTLY what they were fighting for. geek tragedy Nov 2012 #51
How can we negotiate slavery or to secede Blue4Texas Nov 2012 #24
The US had tried to to that for decades csziggy Nov 2012 #60
Exactly, can't see how we can negotiate wrongness Blue4Texas Nov 2012 #62
Lincoln didn't choose war. The South did. jeff47 Nov 2012 #25
Exactly, Sir: The South Refused To Accept The Election Results, And Went To War The Magistrate Nov 2012 #36
What a load of hooey FDRLincoln Nov 2012 #39
Even When They Were Suing For Peace In 1865 They Still Wanted To Maintain Slavery/nt DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2012 #44
What if we hadn't fought Hitler? WI_DEM Nov 2012 #40
Another Famous Crypto Confederate, Pat Buchanan, Wrote A Book About It DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2012 #48
Utter tripe. rrneck Nov 2012 #46
If only... FDRLincoln Nov 2012 #54
Do you understand what the principle of representative self-government coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #61
Lincoln made the correct choice. Fighting evil is always necessary. hrmjustin Nov 2012 #63
Rabid anti-intellectual DUers or Freepers - at the moment it looks eerily similar LVZ Nov 2012 #65
Order! Order in the Court! (Locking) ellisonz Nov 2012 #66
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