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heaven05

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Reply to George II (Reply #45)

Sat Jul 11, 2015, 01:12 PM

Jul 2015

I have to agree with that last sentence.

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The South Lost [View all] martalcd Jul 2015 OP

Nobody "won"... kentuck Jul 2015 #1

and, that's the very sad truth. In_The_Wind Jul 2015 #2

Millions of enslaved people won their freedom. Warren Stupidity Jul 2015 #4

^THIS! nt LostOne4Ever Jul 2015 #17

Yes! BillZBubb Jul 2015 #75

Define freedom. Glassunion Jul 2015 #80

True. kentuck Jul 2015 #81

Indeed. Glassunion Jul 2015 #84

Not a chattel slave. Warren Stupidity Jul 2015 #86

Well we did go from chattel to indentured Glassunion Jul 2015 #90

Actually for about 10 years reconstruction worked. Warren Stupidity Jul 2015 #91

Yes somebody did underpants Jul 2015 #7

Exactly. Winner/Loser utterly childish. Nothing snagglepuss Jul 2015 #8

Exactly. Octafish Jul 2015 #31

+1 an entire shit load. Enthusiast Jul 2015 #128

My g grandpa was a sargent in Shelby's Cavalry. He was from Missouri and heard his father had died roguevalley Jul 2015 #39

+1 n/t jaysunb Jul 2015 #126

I have to STRONGLY disagree. BillZBubb Jul 2015 #74

I'm with you tabasco Jul 2015 #97

+10000 n/t Euphoria Jul 2015 #123

40,000,000 people died in WWII edhopper Jul 2015 #111

�(T)he blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword� DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #113

Gettysburg and Antietam are not sacred and hallowed ground because of who won Algernon Moncrieff Jul 2015 #121

+1 Enthusiast Jul 2015 #127

Would you honor the dead soldiers from the Vietnam War ? still_one Jul 2015 #3

Germany does not allow the display of the nazi flag. Warren Stupidity Jul 2015 #6

That is not what I said. I was specifically addressing the OP whose contention was still_one Jul 2015 #9

Those were wars on foreign soil... martalcd Jul 2015 #22

Maybe you should watch Ken Burns documentary on the civil war still_one Jul 2015 #32

I've rewatched Ken Burns "Civil War" many times... martalcd Jul 2015 #70

Where did I say anything about preserving that flag? In fact just the opposite still_one Jul 2015 #79

One country? USA vs CSA. That is the Confederate States of America - a country with its own jwirr Jul 2015 #36

The CSA never legally existed. n/t Gore1FL Jul 2015 #50

Well they certainly thought they did. jwirr Jul 2015 #56

Nonsense. The CSA was a legal fiction. nt msanthrope Jul 2015 #57

those wars just don't compare treestar Jul 2015 #21

Old generations die out and with them their old ways? It has been 150 years. I do not think the jwirr Jul 2015 #33

If that is the thought behind their flag displays, no one should be mad when Nazi flags fly or roguevalley Jul 2015 #40

Germans don't honor dead Nazis Matrosov Jul 2015 #47

They mourn that sheen of nobility Mopar151 Jul 2015 #5

Just more South bashing. oneshooter Jul 2015 #10

I know. cwydro Jul 2015 #19

The ones... quickesst Jul 2015 #34

Let's see anyone win an election without the South. I am not talking the flag, most still_one Jul 2015 #82

how is it bashing treestar Jul 2015 #23

You might want to proofread your post lol. cwydro Jul 2015 #35

What's wrong with the post? ybbor Jul 2015 #62

Yep. treestar Jul 2015 #88

they are very sensitive indeed, yes? Skittles Jul 2015 #117

Why is it considered "South Bashing" Nac Mac Feegle Jul 2015 #30

Ann Coulter act???? CherokeeDem Jul 2015 #64

awww, poor south heaven05 Jul 2015 #38

Ah poor you. South been so mean to you npk Jul 2015 #92

I guess all those lynchings of our family members was nice? bravenak Jul 2015 #94

Did the entire south lynch your family. npk Jul 2015 #95

of course not. They also did nothing to stop it. Promoted lynchings, really. bravenak Jul 2015 #96

How do you know "they" did nothing to stop it npk Jul 2015 #98

Well, when I see photos of lynchings there are usually about 50 to 150- bravenak Jul 2015 #99

Do you see anybody trying to stop it??? I sure the hell don't. bravenak Jul 2015 #100

Post removed Post removed Jul 2015 #102

I never said they did. You did. bravenak Jul 2015 #103

... DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #106

THANK YOU!!!!! bravenak Jul 2015 #107

... DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #110

Me neither. It's fucking sad. bravenak Jul 2015 #112

... DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2015 #114

Beautiful!! bravenak Jul 2015 #115

A lot did and some died heaven05 Jul 2015 #108

not recently heaven05 Jul 2015 #109

Born in the South with roots that go way back. safeinOhio Jul 2015 #68

I do not care. Texasgal Jul 2015 #11

That's just great, martalcd, Jawja Jul 2015 #12

I'm a long-time member of the DU... martalcd Jul 2015 #18

I haven't been here as long as you Omaha Steve Jul 2015 #133

No, the Confederacy lost Report1212 Jul 2015 #13

Thank you. Jawja Jul 2015 #15

Most everyone is sick of it. cwydro Jul 2015 #20

here here. those poor souls murdered in Charleston were southerners. nt arely staircase Jul 2015 #27

Exactly and most southerners agree. All it takes is a loud minority to keep a fight going. jwirr Jul 2015 #43

that's a good distinction. treestar Jul 2015 #89

Who knew that the last battle of that war would be fought Baitball Blogger Jul 2015 #14

Apparently not Man from Pickens Jul 2015 #16

^^^ THIS ^^^ cantbeserious Jul 2015 #101

strange Skittles Jul 2015 #119

let me tell you a little story Man from Pickens Jul 2015 #124

saying what the damage is, that is one thing Skittles Jul 2015 #129

why not? Man from Pickens Jul 2015 #130

OMG Skittles Jul 2015 #131

Amazing how that happens Man from Pickens Jul 2015 #132

I'll be sure to spit on the next Vietnam vet I see. Igel Jul 2015 #24

nope heaven05 Jul 2015 #29

Do you know how American prisoners were treated by the Japanese? cwydro Jul 2015 #41

I know a lot of what you just posted heaven05 Jul 2015 #44

Mm. cwydro Jul 2015 #46

they don't have to talk about heaven05 Jul 2015 #54

You really have no idea what you're talking about. cwydro Jul 2015 #60

heh, heaven05 Jul 2015 #67

Nice. cwydro Jul 2015 #87

Not attacking heaven05 Jul 2015 #116

Northerners and New Englanders recognized the brutality of slavery and abolished it... George II Jul 2015 #71

You're talking about the neo-confederate movement haikugal Jul 2015 #52

thank you heaven05 Jul 2015 #58

Oh my gosh. cwydro Jul 2015 #37

We can all mourn the dead of wars on both sides, even concentration camp survivors mourn... George II Jul 2015 #45

damn heaven05 Jul 2015 #59

As a white(ish) southerner, I hate that flag and despise the confederacy and everything it stood for arely staircase Jul 2015 #25

thank god, the union(north) did win heaven05 Jul 2015 #26

well i doubt there would still be slavery -probably more of an Aparthied type nation arely staircase Jul 2015 #28

The Confederacy was probably the biggest threat to the survival of the United States in our.... George II Jul 2015 #42

Agree - is there any country in history that allowed a flag they had defeated to fly throughout jwirr Jul 2015 #49

Well, the flags of countries that continue to exist after we defeated them do fly*, but.... George II Jul 2015 #73

Yes. jwirr Jul 2015 #76

That war had no winners LittleBlue Jul 2015 #48

The former slaves and future slaves, if the racist South won....they do not count!? Got it! Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #51

Yeah, Fred. That's exactly what I meant LittleBlue Jul 2015 #61

That is exactly what you said..."that war had no winners"....but, yes, it did. Refuse to see it, free country Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #63

Yeah because that's what I meant LittleBlue Jul 2015 #65

"I did not mean to say what I said"? All righty, then....."delete" can be your friend, mistakes happen. Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #72

This. historylovr Jul 2015 #55

The slaves who were freed were the winners. Deadshot Jul 2015 #69

The people of the south shockey80 Jul 2015 #53

Southern people can be the best Drama Queens in the book. They wallow in misery like it's ... BlueJazz Jul 2015 #66

The south DIDN'T LOSE. Not entirely. They didn't get their own country, but they got to keep their slaves and slavery... Moonwalk Jul 2015 #77

As did the Native Americans... Phentex Jul 2015 #78

Shhhhhh, let's not bring up the Native American genocide. Whose idea was it to give blankets from still_one Jul 2015 #93

Agreed but some people will never rest until they get the last word tymorial Jul 2015 #105

You should disconnect the South from the Confederacy. Glassunion Jul 2015 #83

As Lincoln said.. kentuck Jul 2015 #85

I'm ready for this to be over any day now tymorial Jul 2015 #104

The only reason that war lasted so long was because of the best Confederate General. MohRokTah Jul 2015 #118

This is the BEST shit-stirring post I've seen in AGES. cherokeeprogressive Jul 2015 #120

Can you imagine someone flying the S. Vietnamese flag in jaysunb Jul 2015 #122

Wow, have a little empathy. How many people in the South actually owned slaves? rhett o rick Jul 2015 #125

BS, the South was fighting to keep slaves. Empathy with whom? akbacchus_BC Jul 2015 #136

I am glad the flag came down also. But I do not like the rubbing salt in the wound of the South's rhett o rick Jul 2015 #137

Now do some research frustrated_lefty Jul 2015 #134

Put a Mexican Flag over the Alamo, after all they did WIN Jim Beard Jul 2015 #135

Countries who go through civil wars carry those scars nadinbrzezinski Jul 2015 #138