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39. HA! So glad to know I'm not the only one! He's completely horrible, yet somehow.....compelling.

Wed Jun 24, 2015, 02:54 PM

Jun 2015

I agree that the actor deserves an Emmy!!!!

War is hell.

Good and bad are ALMOST always on both sides.
Well-intentioned, good-hearted people are often put into situations where they knowingly or unknowingly betray their ideals.

It's so easy for those who have never been in such situations to pass moral judgments.

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By reading GD, one could think that the North never owned slaves. [View all] redgreenandblue Jun 2015 OP

Some parts of California are just as racist and ugly as anywhere. randys1 Jun 2015 #1

California sided with the South during the Civil War. upaloopa Jun 2015 #9

California as a whole most certainly did not. KamaAina Jun 2015 #27

The Confederate uprising in Southern California was never going to happen Brother Buzz Jun 2015 #34

Nope that did not happen nadinbrzezinski Jun 2015 #43

I didn't get that impression from reading GD. Cali_Democrat Jun 2015 #2

Well, there is this: redgreenandblue Jun 2015 #4

Where does the poster say racism and homicide are foreign concepts in the North? Cali_Democrat Jun 2015 #5

That's one post, about the war and its aftermath n/t arcane1 Jun 2015 #15

There have been plenty of similar threads recently. nt redgreenandblue Jun 2015 #17

Northerners on a moral high-horse need to watch this film: Coventina Jun 2015 #3

NYC Civil War Race Riots HockeyMom Jun 2015 #8

Grandfathers and mothers emigrated from Germany in 1857. Lived in Guttenberg Iowa - both him jwirr Jun 2015 #10

I don't think anyone should feel guilt for their ancestors. Nor should they feel pride. Coventina Jun 2015 #21

But the North doesn't celebrate it as "heritage". JaneyVee Jun 2015 #18

Then what is this? redgreenandblue Jun 2015 #22

Agreed. I think anyone who thinks on the Confederacy with pride is stupid at best, but most likely Coventina Jun 2015 #25

Strongly recommend. Also slavenorth.com unc70 Jun 2015 #38

Of course they did, but by 1804 every state in the North had abolished slavery frazzled Jun 2015 #6

File Under: 1 person who said something I didn't like equals everyone on DU believes it FSogol Jun 2015 #7

There are plenty of examples from the last few days. redgreenandblue Jun 2015 #16

I visited Philly a few years ago. HooptieWagon Jun 2015 #11

George Washington & his runaway slave. Divernan Jun 2015 #29

If one really stretched. Iggo Jun 2015 #12

Fascinating timeline on who emancipated whom going back to antiquity here. It was often followed by leveymg Jun 2015 #13

Spend less time here then. closeupready Jun 2015 #14

But then the OP wouldn't be able to cite exceptions that proved rules LordGlenconner Jun 2015 #19

Secession, seschmession. Sheez. Talk about closeupready Jun 2015 #24

I infer the opposite. LanternWaste Jun 2015 #20

May I just mention that I think OP is being less than truthful? Humanist_Activist Jun 2015 #23

hmmm struggle4progress Jun 2015 #26

The series, "Turn: Washington's Spies" brings this out. Both sides own slaves in New York and Cleita Jun 2015 #28

Took me a while to warm up to that show, but I'm really into it now. Coventina Jun 2015 #30

Yes, it is addictive once you get into it. Cleita Jun 2015 #32

Yeah, I appreciate seeing the characters from history embodied with emotions and such. Coventina Jun 2015 #35

The Simpcoe character's actor is the best. He should get an Emmy. Cleita Jun 2015 #37

HA! So glad to know I'm not the only one! He's completely horrible, yet somehow.....compelling. Coventina Jun 2015 #39

Someone always reminds us that the south did not have a monopoly on slavery or racism. Nitram Jun 2015 #31

convenient points that seem to be forgotten, and those issues were going full forces through the still_one Jun 2015 #40

The north is integrated? frustrated_lefty Jun 2015 #41

Depends on what you call integration. Nitram Jun 2015 #44

No one said there wasn't or isn't racism in the North, but that is a different issue still_one Jun 2015 #33

General Grant owned slaves until 1865 davidn3600 Jun 2015 #36

The North never fought a war to retain the right to keep slaves. The North fought a war pnwmom Jun 2015 #42

Amen. Nitram Jun 2015 #45

I'm anxious to see the upcoming movie The Free State Of Jones aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2015 #46