What is with history revisionists Republicans and the American Civil War?

The southern states seceded because of slavery. Period. There is no other reason. You can read the Declarations of Secession from those states, and they CLEARLY said that it was the issue of slavery that drove them to this. Mississippi even goes so far as to say that African Slaves are the only ones adapted to work in their fields.

Revisionist republicans crow on about "states rights". Sure, but the "right" that they were referring to is SLAVERY. That is a basic true fact. So what is the hubbub about removing confederate monuments? I bet most of the cities and towns with these monuments had more confederate monuments than US monuments. Am I right?

Take them all down and put them in museums where they belong.

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TexChik · F

Ah so the socialist is going to try and sell us revisionist history by saying the conservatives are? Democrats didnt own slaves, didnt pass jim crow laws, didnt try to keep black americans from voting, didnt create and populate the KKK ? Lemme get my boots on before you start dumping more of that BS.

trollslayer · 46-50, M

@TexChik Try to stay on topic, honey, and not deflect. I am not talking about Democrats of the past, I am talking about Republicans of TODAY who seem to have their undies in a bind about removal of confederate monuments.

Budwick · 70-79, M

@trollslayer

removal of confederate monuments.

By removing monuments, does that change history? Does it mean that slavery never happened? Does it mean the civil war never occurred?

If we remove the statue of George Floyd - will he come back to life?

TexChik · F

@trollslayer Socialist Bull Shit is a really big topic

joe438 · 61-69, M

@trollslayer I think you mean *Democrats* of today trying to remove them. As @Budwick said, that won't change history. Whatever wrongs were done in the past will still have happened. There are statues in Boston that people claim are racist & stuff, but many view their existence as a reminder that we have to better in the future.