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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bijouxbroussard · F

Today’s Republican Party is largely populated by the descendants of the Confederacy. They left the Democratic Party in droves when the platform geared towards working people began to include black people and other minorities. But the Civil War was fought over the right to continue an economy based upon slave labor.

Anyone who doubts this, need only review the Secession Documents filed by each representative of the Confederate states, giving the reason they wished to secede from the U.S. (available online). To a man, they each stated concerns that President Lincoln would abolish slavery. Some further added concerns that freed black slaves would then attempt to mingle with white society, demanding equal treatment. It’s all there in their own words, in the unambiguously racist language of the times.

The fact is, the descendants of the Confederacy don’t like their ancestors being viewed as the "bad guys”, so many are trying "whitewash" the facts, and where they can’t, legislating against their children being taught that history. Unfortunately for them, their ancestors were proud enough of their misdeeds that they chronicled them in books and newspapers of the day, that are also available for review now.

trollslayer · 46-50, M

@bijouxbroussard That's basically the way I see it - the southern states don't want to admit that their ancestors fought to continue slavery. They don't want to be viewed as the "bad guys". But I think downplaying the slavery cause is more harmful than good.

There are TONS of things in US history that are difficult for us to swallow today. But they happened, and yet I still see the USA as being the "good guy", because I see the progress forward.

bijouxbroussard · F

@trollslayer I see the Confederacy the way people see Germany and the Nazis. Germany is a good country, but in their past they made a huge mistake. They fought a war to preserve misguided, inhumane beliefs, and they were beaten, for the good of humanity. The only bad people are those who haven’t learned anything from that history.

plinkplonk · F

@bijouxbroussard Sadly this part of our bleak history is OMITTED in their school curriculum. How convenient for them. 😡

bijouxbroussard · F

@plinkplonk But it’s deliberate now. That’s what the fight against CRT is supposedly about. It’s been the excuse for legally prohibiting the teachings in Southern states about that history, including about Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement. If one teaches about him, one has to explain what came before, exactly what he was trying to change.

plinkplonk · F

@bijouxbroussard Would you look at the face of that angry white woman. THAT pictures says it ALL. Ignorance, hatred, violence ... I hope they remember that when they go to church on Sunday

bijouxbroussard · F

@plinkplonk I understand that years later, when she got the opportunity that woman apologized to the former student. But to be that young and have been indoctrinated to hold that much hatred towards a total stranger, is scary.