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Originally posted by sugar and spice
And while slavery was not the only cause of the Civil War, it WAS a cause. Let's not pretend that the Gone with the Wind depiction of the antebellum (or post-bellum, for that matter) South was legitimate for one second, okay?
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Let's not pretend that the North actually went to war to free the slaves, either - that's an even worse post-hoc generalization.
It is certainly ironic (and exceptional) that one of the greatest positives to ever come out of a war was more or less the work of a vocal minority - IIRC, it was the least-popular decision Lincoln made, and he was nearly crushed in the (northern) press for it.
The civil war, and even the 300 years before it, are certainly a massive bruise on the face of American culture, period - I can't imagine celebrating any part of it, especially not in sequined prom-dress form. But again - she most likely has that right, but that's for smarter folk than me to decide.
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