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75. It's interesting to see the difference in the attitude...
Thu Apr 9, 2015, 07:47 PM
Apr 2015

On facebook of my small hometown friends. Those who left town and got an education, are typically more liberal. Those who 'chose' to stay are, to a person, tea party conservatives.

So, yeah, no one in my part of the south calls it 'the war of northern aggression' either. They aren't far away if I were to seek them out, but I'm not gonna do that.

I totally forgot this was the 150th anniversary... Cooley Hurd Apr 2015 #1
So did I. My frogmarch Apr 2015 #9
Intersting thing about Wilmer McLean, who owned the house where Lee signed the surrender papers ... Martin Eden Apr 2015 #17
I'd read that somewhere a while back! frogmarch Apr 2015 #18
My great-great grandfather, Albert W. Gallatin, was also at Appomattox Court House that day too, MgtPA Apr 2015 #41
This should really be a National Holiday and day of remembrance. nt Zorra Apr 2015 #2
and that was the only safeinOhio Apr 2015 #3
This! We have Armistice Day, VE and VJ Day. Why IS there no day Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #11
May 30 1939 Apr 2015 #29
You're right. The original intent of 'Decoration Day' was to honor Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #37
There are a lot of claims to being the first "memorial day" 1939 Apr 2015 #45
Perhaps you mean 1868? Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #53
yes, mistyped NT, thx 1939 Apr 2015 #66
h The way we're going, might as well be 2068. Fantastic Anarchist Apr 2015 #68
American ball bouncing rhyme: merrily Apr 2015 #63
That would require large numbers of people getting over it first arcane1 Apr 2015 #33
+1! Having lived in MD, VA, and KY - the genetics just don't give up. erronis Apr 2015 #39
I've lived in NJ, NY and MA. Growing up, no one spoke of the civil war as such. merrily Apr 2015 #64
I also did my growing up in the NE and now live in VT erronis Apr 2015 #69
I grew up in Arkansas Art_from_Ark Apr 2015 #77
I come from a Boston family. DamnYankeeInHouston Apr 2015 #98
And brain-dead rednecks have been drawling ever since: "Th'Saouth will rahse agin!" Aristus Apr 2015 #4
painting with a broad brush RT Atlanta Apr 2015 #10
Don't worry, we've got plenty of brain-dead rednecks up north also.... daleanime Apr 2015 #14
If you haven't already bvf Apr 2015 #25
Love me some Newman.... daleanime Apr 2015 #38
And "Confederates in the Attic" or "Howling in the Belly of the Confederacy" erronis Apr 2015 #42
Joe Bagent Nailed It (as usual) The River Apr 2015 #61
Thanks for the reading suggestions. txwhitedove Apr 2015 #80
Thanks, put it on my "to read" list CanonRay Apr 2015 #116
.... merrily Apr 2015 #65
You got that shit right. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #31
Don't mind the - mahina Apr 2015 #24
I know. My heart goes out to everyone living in an oasis of sanity in that festering hell-hole Aristus Apr 2015 #54
The South WILL rise DFW Apr 2015 #16
I don't expect the Confederacy to rise.... CherokeeDem Apr 2015 #30
Born and raised in the Confederate Capitol, I saw and heard it. arcane1 Apr 2015 #35
I go back home regularly DFW Apr 2015 #40
I grew up in the south too. cwydro Apr 2015 #71
Confederate flag over South Carolina capitol. Hoyt Apr 2015 #112
I live in NC. cwydro Apr 2015 #118
That would make a GREAT bumper sticker, DFW. I wish that statement could go viral. loudsue Apr 2015 #96
I agree.... CherokeeDem Apr 2015 #23
I'm from Idaho... Blanks Apr 2015 #50
Exactly.... CherokeeDem Apr 2015 #59
rural vs. urban, so true steve2470 Apr 2015 #73
It's interesting to see the difference in the attitude... Blanks Apr 2015 #75
I would say something but I'm sure it would break the TOS. And I do love MY South. Lochloosa Apr 2015 #26
I'm 60+ and I used to hear that quite a bit as a child. lark Apr 2015 #28
Good point BrotherIvan Apr 2015 #5
Kind of like Jews v Muslims, Sunni v Shia, Protestants v Catholics, or black v white world wide wally Apr 2015 #6
... In_The_Wind Apr 2015 #8
If we had no enemies what reason could we find to keep on living? nolabels Apr 2015 #55
There must be something. In_The_Wind Apr 2015 #58
I can't fight you on that one. nolabels Apr 2015 #62
White flags are the best flags RobertEarl Apr 2015 #7
White on blue...beautiful. Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #13
It's depressing to think about how... renegade000 Apr 2015 #12
Check out the history of the Republican Party ladjf Apr 2015 #34
Yes, the origins of the Republican party is quite interesting. renegade000 Apr 2015 #44
I'll get back to your post in a couple of hours. Your comment ladjf Apr 2015 #48
well, what it's become, NOW heaven05 Apr 2015 #74
Abraham Lincoln did NOT 'promise the immediate Emancipation Proclamation.' Lincoln proposed KingCharlemagne Apr 2015 #47
Factually speaking you are indeed correct. ladjf Apr 2015 #57
Lincoln was not an 'abolitionist' before being elected. Nor did Lincoln advocate for KingCharlemagne Apr 2015 #85
Lincoln was an opponent of the "slaveocracy" heaven05 Apr 2015 #76
You are being extremely unfair to Lincoln and his record. I would suggest you start by KingCharlemagne Apr 2015 #84
yeah right heaven05 Apr 2015 #89
The "Gettysburg Address," imo, is one of the 2-3 greatest speeches in the KingCharlemagne Apr 2015 #100
okay heaven05 Apr 2015 #110
In Watts, CA at last check the adult unemployment rate hovered in the KingCharlemagne Apr 2015 #120
Interesting query heaven05 Apr 2015 #123
John Breckenridge 1939 Apr 2015 #128
Confederate soldiers fought proudly and valiantly with great courage ... Martin Eden Apr 2015 #15
your values are defined by your behavior - nothing noble about fighting for slavery nt msongs Apr 2015 #19
Many (if not most) believed they were fighting for their homes and families. Martin Eden Apr 2015 #21
Why was that? rogerashton Apr 2015 #46
Reading into it 1939 Apr 2015 #72
Right. Drafted rednecks. rogerashton Apr 2015 #78
Sherman's March 1939 Apr 2015 #79
Right, my bad -- it was Vicksburg I meant. rogerashton Apr 2015 #91
Irregular Forces Martin Eden Apr 2015 #93
By 1860 they had already been fighting for years in "bleeding Kansas" rogerashton Apr 2015 #107
Yep, the fanatical John Brown was involved in the "bleeding Kansas" war. Martin Eden Apr 2015 #113
"It's a rich man's war and a poor man's fight." redstatebluegirl Apr 2015 #117
Wanna take a guess bullsnarfle Apr 2015 #119
Theodore Roosevelt's father did. rogerashton Apr 2015 #125
I believe it was 20 slaves, not 10; bullsnarfle Apr 2015 #126
This could and should be its own OP, imo. Same could be said about American soldiers KingCharlemagne Apr 2015 #88
Just concluded the 9 part series, The Civil War, by Ken Burns on Netflix Hulk Apr 2015 #20
Do you mean Ken Burns? n/t Martin Eden Apr 2015 #22
Yup...I always screw that up. Hulk Apr 2015 #67
...and we have been fighting that war, in one fashion or another, ever since n/t jaysunb Apr 2015 #27
And we are now experiencing the southern economic model. Bonhomme Richard Apr 2015 #32
My great great uncle August enlisted with the 1st Missouri Infantry, Company A, mustered... FailureToCommunicate Apr 2015 #36
Union & Confederate dead buried side by side in Kansas cemetary Divernan Apr 2015 #95
Yes, tragic AND ironic. So many rural small towns lost most of their able-bodied young men FailureToCommunicate Apr 2015 #111
and POC are still fighting 'white prvilege' heaven05 Apr 2015 #43
+1 nt steve2470 Apr 2015 #70
Truth, liberty, and love! ananda Apr 2015 #49
The Scott novels 1939 Apr 2015 #81
Drove through the battlefield on rote 24 just this weekend underpants Apr 2015 #51
I don't always fly the Confederate flag, but KingCharlemagne Apr 2015 #52
Grant dictated the terms 1939 Apr 2015 #56
Nice post. marble falls Apr 2015 #60
So to stop all of this what should be done? oneshooter Apr 2015 #82
As I said in a similar thread DonCoquixote Apr 2015 #83
Best fucking response in this thread. Bravo! - nt KingCharlemagne Apr 2015 #87
K&R. JDPriestly Apr 2015 #86
Just out of curiosity, did you read many books about the Civil War? Major Hogwash Apr 2015 #90
The Catton canon, David Herbert Donald, many others. WilliamPitt Apr 2015 #94
To celebrate the 150th, I've been re-reading quite a lot of it. malthaussen Apr 2015 #102
I figured as much. Major Hogwash Apr 2015 #127
"...was the great grandfather of Abraham Lincoln" WilliamPitt Apr 2015 #129
That is one hell of a story (and one I hope you fine-tune and publish elsewhere besides KingCharlemagne Apr 2015 #101
Sadly Lincoln messed up big time at the end. ncjustice80 Apr 2015 #92
Disagree WilliamPitt Apr 2015 #99
Are you suggesting that the 'worst elements' weren't already 'radicalized' before KingCharlemagne Apr 2015 #104
Which two posts demonstrate that we're still fighting Reconstruction as well. malthaussen Apr 2015 #108
It makes me weep. - nt KingCharlemagne Apr 2015 #121
+1 FailureToCommunicate Apr 2015 #114
Agreed. There needed to be serious and severe consequences for KingCharlemagne Apr 2015 #103
So very sad, isn't it. a kennedy Apr 2015 #97
Don't expect Southerners Thespian2 Apr 2015 #105
amazing terms of surrender... ProdigalJunkMail Apr 2015 #106
'Surrender your weapons, go in peace, and keep it that way'. Short and sweet. FailureToCommunicate Apr 2015 #109
Boiler-plate, actually. malthaussen Apr 2015 #115
Had Butler received Lee's surrender, the ladies of the South might KingCharlemagne Apr 2015 #122
They certainly would have to look to their spoons. n/t malthaussen Apr 2015 #124
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