Would you participate in a Civil War?

@Reason10 It sure would be over quickly. Blue states generate over 70% of the nation's GDP, and red states would be at as much a disadvantage as the South was during the Civil War, so they would lose quickly.

@windinhishair Just like the penniless Viet cong and Afghans lost.

@redredred They are much more intelligent that Trump Cultists in red states.

@windinhishair That’s right out of Sun Tzu, always underestimate your opponent. Smart move, ace.

@sladejr It would be impossible. You and other Trump Cultists have consumed it long ago.

@NativePortlander1970 No, the Civil War was not about slavery, it wasn't about human rights. It wasn't then, and it isn't now as the US go all over the world causing insurrections and starting civil wars in other countries.

@sree251 The Civil War was clearly about slavery. Only someone profoundly ignorant of history would believe differently after all this time. Like you.

@windinhishair
Democrat southerners were watching the institution of slavery become illegal in the United States, (even as it was already made illegal to transport slaves from Africa a few years prior.)
Abraham Lincoln (an anti slavery REPUBLICAN) was elected. Because he was going to outlaw slavery, the Democrat southerners decided they wanted to secede from the Union. In the process, they started the shooting war at Ft. Sumter. Those are the details those with an education remember.

You forget you're communicating with an educator. (A substitute teacher, which means I've seen history texts from THREE Florida counties in all grades.)

Since then, Democrats haven't really changed much. They were racists back then and they are racists today, and the Republican Party is STILL trying to free the black man, (from the new plantation called the WELFARE STATE.)

@Reason10 If you are a teacher, no wonder the US school system is failing compared to other countries. Someone has to" teach" future Florida Man. Obviously it is you.

Over 150 years ago, Democrats were the racist white supremacists who supported slavery. Lincoln was elected as a Republican president. Both are historical facts that have nothing to do with the parties today. You knew that, or should have, but you must have skipped or ignored post-WWII history. There is a reason the KKK supports Republicans today, because they are the party of racist white supremacists.

@sree251 Um, where does it say I said it was, hmmm?

@redredred And just like the British lost in 1776. Turns out, it's difficult to fight a distant war on someone else's soil. A civil war on US soil would be different.

@LeopoldBloom The right to own slaves was specifically written into the Confederate Constitution.

@windinhishair Correct. Confederate states were prohibited from outlawing slavery, giving them fewer rights rather than more as slavery apologists like @sree251 claim.

@LeopoldBloom It is mind-boggling that here, more than 150 years later, people still deny the clear causes of the Civil War.

@Reason10
Your perception of racism is nuanced, and needs clarification. Can you explain your definition of "racism"? I don't think it is that of the typical discussant in this forum.

@sree251
You noticed, haven't you?
The typical liberal definition of "racist" is ANYTHING THAT DISAGREES WITH THE FAR LEFT.

The factual definition is "judging someone, discriminating against someone based on race."

That pretty much sums it up for you left wing goose steppers. After all, you gave us the KKK.

@Reason10
As an educator, do you have any need to make distinction among different students in your classroom based on race to determine the demographic? Is that being racist and wrong? How would you know how many white kids you have in your class, how many latinos, how many Asians, how many blacks. You could treat them all the same way but is it racist to recognize who is who by race?