If the Confederate flag is always racist no matter what, why didn't anyone view the Duke Boys as being Klan members when they flew it over their car?

@pdockal Yeah, because they wanted the right to own other human beings. That's literally the reason they wanted to secede.

@LordShadowfire WRONG ... both the north and south were slave owners ... slavery goes to Roman empire and before ... most slaves were traded for from African tribes who were conqured

@losthorizons enough with the name calling ... it shows ignorance and isn't necessary

@pdockal The North had already outlawed slavery. While I don't agree that Lincoln should have had the freedom to dictate to the states what laws they should pass, that wasn't the main issue. It was literally an issue of slave ownership.

@pdockal I guess you've never read the Declarations of Secession that each state sent to the government, igniting the Civil War then.

Every one of them mentioned slavery.

@pdockal States rights to allow and encourage slavery. Oh and the "right" to make the abolition of slavery in new states illegal.


So yeah it was about states rights. The right to slavery. Ergo it was about slavery.

@pdockal most of the articles of secession make reference to slavery. And no one was even telling them not to have slaves at the time. They actually freaked out for no reason except paranoia when Lincoln was elected. The burning issue was slavery in the territories not the south.

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@Fukfacewillie Yep.