HorseLoverGirl
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Re: Confederate Flag
For the times, he was right, given the climate of the South in the 1850's. One thing I have learned about history is that it needs to be seen through the eyes of the times. See what people tend to do is apply today's standards to history. No wonder things get taken out of context and people demonized. Take the Presidents for instance. GWB, perfect example. He went into Iraq thinking the intelligence we had was correct (it likely was) but now 12 years later, we ask where was his head? I think Saddam had WMD's there somewhere, but had them hid somewhere so the UN inspectors wouldn't find them.
My family was all racist. I was, too - it took a career in service to my country to unlearn what they had taught me. Speaking of truth, then, do you believe that the vice president of the Confederacy was right when he said these words:
Our new Government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas; its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition.
But you won't reply, or if you do, it won't be seriously or thoughtfully. People like you almost never have the intestinal fortitude to do so.
For the times, he was right, given the climate of the South in the 1850's. One thing I have learned about history is that it needs to be seen through the eyes of the times. See what people tend to do is apply today's standards to history. No wonder things get taken out of context and people demonized. Take the Presidents for instance. GWB, perfect example. He went into Iraq thinking the intelligence we had was correct (it likely was) but now 12 years later, we ask where was his head? I think Saddam had WMD's there somewhere, but had them hid somewhere so the UN inspectors wouldn't find them.