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Originally Posted by AOII Angel
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Originally Posted by 33girl
The USA engaged in treason against Great Britain. Just saying is all.
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Which would matter if we were still a British colony. |
It matters even though we're not a British colony. Dismissing the Civil War as a bunch of people committing treason against the USA fails to deal honestly with history. We have two instances of mass treason in our history: One we praise and one we condemn. And like much of history, it doesn't necessarily lend itself to neat and tidy answers.
The fact that Americans today generally think the American Revolution was a good thing doesn't change the fact that it was treason. It's just treason the Americans got away with.
The fact that Americans today generally think that the Confederacy was a bad thing doesn't change that fact that many who participated in it and supported it saw themselves as continuing in the steps and spirit of the American Revolution, which is supposed to have been a good thing.
I'm not defending the Confederacy at all, but there's a little irony in condemning the Confederacy for treason against a country itself born in treason.
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