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Should Confederate Memorial Day(s) exist?

Should Confederate Memorial Day(s) exist?


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No, I mean really, no.

The Tories we American colonists on the side of the British. If you think confederate soldiers deserve a memorial day then how are you going to argue that Tories shouldn't get a memorial day? They are no different than the confederates who did not want to be Americans.
 
Did Union troops ever occupy Texas? No. They tried, and tried, and tried, and Texas whooped Union butt every single time.

Texas in the American Civil War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Texas surrendered at the end of the day along with the rest of the South. For added lols, SCOTUS said Texas never seceded in the first place.

Excited_troll_face.jpg <----- SCOTUS

Oh yeah, and those bad-ass Texans even mutinied. So forget the north fighting them, they fought themmselves LOL

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_...ar#Collapse_of_Confederate_authority_in_Texas
 
Please point to the provision in the Constitution that allows for secession.

secession is not in the constitution, therefore something that is not in the constitution or which is not prohibited to the states by the constitution... is a state power.
 
Yes , and there were many contributing factors to the civil war and not just slavery such as the whiskey Tarrif that brought about Shays rebellion and the centralized bank disputes.
It was a rich man's battle but a poor man's war
 
Cite, please. Not arguing the point - just curious as to the SCOTUS decision.

Supreme Court case Texas v White

The Supreme Court stated that a state cannot legally unilaterally secede and declared that all ordinances for secession passed by all confederate states were null from the beginning.
 
Supreme Court case Texas v White

The Supreme Court stated that a state cannot legally unilaterally secede and declared that all ordinances for secession passed by all confederate states were null from the beginning.

info...all of the southern states held state conventions to chose whether to secede, except TENN, which held a referendum of the people by vote.
 
info...all of the southern states held state conventions to chose whether to secede, except TENN, which held a referendum of the people by vote.

Don't care, the take-home point is that unilateral secession is unconstitutional.

How does that make you feel?

:3 I await that answer :3
 
Supreme Court case Texas v White

The Supreme Court stated that a state cannot legally unilaterally secede and declared that all ordinances for secession passed by all confederate states were null from the beginning.


:doh D'oh! Of course - can't believe I forgot a decision that significant. :shock: I can only plead a senior brain fart - thanx for jogging my geezer memory.
 
Really? When? You see, I remember things like state secession, new CS flag, new currency, swearing of new military oaths, etc. Aka people who didn't want to be "Americans {as the word had meant prior} any more.
If I'm remembering incorrectly, why was there such resistance to the IronClad Oath ("Damnesty") ?

Less then a century before the civil war, people did not want to be brits. What's your point? It's time to get over the civil war.
 
Less then a century before the civil war, people did not want to be brits. What's your point? It's time to get over the civil war.

It is the far-right wing conservaTEAs that won't get over the civil war.
In fact just the opposite--they advocate for a second civil war as you know--and brag they have the vast majority of the weapons.
You must have missed all the #1 best-sellers on the topic--as well as right-wing hate radio calling for such every night .
 
Do you want to secede from the Union ernst ?

that is not the question, the question is...session is not a power delegated to the federal government, and the constitution does not prohibit it to the states, ..therefore it a state power......per the 10th amendment.
 
how can it be unconstitutional since it is not prohibited to the states by the constutution.

Why should I have to tell you? Read the case and the majority opinion. The answer is right in front of your face.
 
We shouldn't honor traitors who broke free from the State to ensure that they could continue to engage in the most heinous institution in the country's history.
 
Having a separate day for the Confederates is redundant. The holiday was founded after the Civil War to commemorate BOTH the Union and Confederate soldiers who died, though initially it was called Decoration Day.
 
Why should I have to tell you? Read the case and the majority opinion. The answer is right in front of your face.

you said it was unconstitutional..however the constitution does not prohibited the states from seceding..

the 10th amendment is very clear, if its not power of the federal government or prohibited to the states by the constitution then it is power of the states respectively and to the people.

Amendment X

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

and the people of those southern states exercised their right to secede.
 
We shouldn't honor traitors who broke free from the State to ensure that they could continue to engage in the most heinous institution in the country's history.

they were not traitors, they have no intention of over throwing the federal government, before the war began.

treason according to the founders is aiding the enemy in time of war.
 
i think there should be such a day, but it should be celebrated differently from memorial day, something more befitting traitors and defenders of slavery. There should be parade every april 9 taking place on alabama's streets, with veterans dressed in union uniforms, commemorating the defeat of the confederacy, bayonets fixed in case any sore loser rebel scum attempt to disrupt the festivities.

Also included in the parade will be 500 white descendants of slavers, wearing rags and chains. The parade will end at a field, preserved for this annual celebration, where everyone will get to watch the descendants pick cotton the entire day while slave descendants get to whip them at their leisure

Anyone who tries to flee will be hung of course
 
i think there should be such a day, but it should be celebrated differently from memorial day, something more befitting traitors and defenders of slavery. There should be parade every april 9 taking place on alabama's streets, with veterans dressed in union uniforms, commemorating the defeat of the confederacy, bayonets fixed in case any sore loser rebel scum attempt to disrupt the festivities.

Also included in the parade will be 500 white descendants of slavers, wearing rags and chains. The parade will end at a field, preserved for this annual celebration, where everyone will get to watch the descendants pick cotton the entire day while slave descendants get to whip them at their leisure

Anyone who tries to flee will be hung of course

that sounds exactly like something you would support....
 
you said it was unconstitutional..however the constitution does not prohibited the states from seceding..

the 10th amendment is very clear, if its not power of the federal government or prohibited to the states by the constitution then it is power of the states respectively and to the people.

Amendment X

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

and the people of those southern states exercised their right to secede.

So EB...according to the Declaration of Independence, we are endowed by our Creator with “certain unalienable rights” including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

If that is the case, then it is not much of a stretch to argue that the right of secession is such a right. Would you personally consider this assumption to be true?
 
So EB...according to the Declaration of Independence, we are endowed by our Creator with “certain unalienable rights” including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

If that is the case, then it is not much of a stretch to argue that the right of secession is such a right. Would you personally consider this assumption to be true?

to be clear..... "pursuit of happiness" has been translated into ..property

if you are asking, do the people have a right to alter or abolish their government, ..then yes it is a right of the people to do that.
 
you said it was unconstitutional..however the constitution does not prohibited the states from seceding..

the 10th amendment is very clear, if its not power of the federal government or prohibited to the states by the constitution then it is power of the states respectively and to the people.

Amendment X

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

and the people of those southern states exercised their right to secede.

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Fine, I'll give you the link so you can see what they said exactly.

Texas v. White - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
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