In article . net, "Dan/W4NTI"
w4nti@get rid of this mindspring.com writes:

Dan:

I see. Well, I guess name-calling, as usual, takes the place of reasoned
argument here on rrap.

You don't think "racist traiterous confederates" is name calling? THen what
would you call it?

Dan:

I'd call it the truth.

Why am I "stupid?" What did I say that wasn't
true? If the Civil War wasn't about racism and slavery, then why, in it's
aftermath, did one of the most famous Confederate Generals, Nathan
Bedford Forrest, organize the Ku Klux Klan?

The WAR BETWEEN THE STATES was because of the north not being willing to
grant the south economic freedom, or to give the southern states their RIGHT
to determine their own destiny, as was allegedly given to ALL states by the
constitution of the United States.

The "economic freedom" the South wanted was the freedom to exploit
slaves.

The south chose to disolve the relationship with the Union. The election of
Lincoln meant this was not to be allowed. The south could not remain in a
Union it did not desire to be in.

Then why did they bother to ratify the Constitution?

The issue of slavery did not come up until the so-called emancipation speech
when the Union finally had won some battles. Even that was a farce,
because the ONLY STATES it applied to was "those presently in rebellion
against the United States". Which had already left the union and were no
longer under the rule of the President of the United States. In otherwords
a political scheme.


Oh, yeah, it was all about
doing battle against all those nasty 'ole Yankee Carpetbaggers. Right.
Which is why they took their frustrations out on black slaves.

I can see you have no knowledge of what happened at all in the south after
the war. Johnson was now president, he allowed the northerners to go
south and literally rape the defeated confederacy. Lincoln had no intention
of doing this. The northern politicians, out of revenge removed all
southern white politicians and appointed blacks. Which, for the most part,
were ill prepared for the office they were in. The results was another rape
of the white people. This is the root cause to the hate we NOW call racism.

As for the idiots running around with what they call the Confederate flag.
They don't even know what they are flying. In reality it is the Tennessee
BATTLE FLAG that is being degraded as the confederate flag. Their beliefs
and ideals are totally alien to the rest of free thinking southerners.

You sir, are seriously confused.

No, I'm just observant.

73 de Larry, K3LT