I don't know why some insist on calling it a civil war when there was nothing civil about it but I can't see why it is necessary to print an article virtually calling Southerns liars and Americans stupid about this time in our nation's history.
Even though southern states attempted to succeed from the union, not all people supported that movement. Remember it was brother against brother, etc. as families split over the issue, one member fighting for the north, another for the south and maybe another wishing not to fight for either side.
That was ended 150 years ago, the slaves were freed, and I, for one, would like to move on. Maybe we should just leave out that part of American history and one day no one will ever know that parts of our nation were enslaved and that we fought a war over it.
It seems that some segments of society will never let southerners forget that their ancestor supported slavery. It isn't any more true that southerns supported slavery than it is that northerners were opposed to it.
If that is true, then why did major league baseball not integrate until the 1950's and we had to have a civil rights movement in the sixties to win equal rights for some Americans?
Throughout our nation's history, we have been marked by hate. Whether it be Jewish people, Irish, Africans, or Chinese, we have found a way to isolate certain people from society.
That is human nature. A sorry part of our nature to be sure, but a nature normal survival instinct that we need to learn to control and not let it control us.
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