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3. I was taught that Robert E. Lee was a traitor to his oath to

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Sat Jul 11, 2015, 01:19 PM

Jul 2015

defend the Constitution of the United States of America.

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My Northern Heritage [View all] MohRokTah Jul 2015 OP

The victors write the history. kentuck Jul 2015 #1

Not after the War of Southern Treason. MohRokTah Jul 2015 #7

I really hate that cliche. malthaussen Jul 2015 #20

But we do not hear so much about the "war of Northern aggression"... kentuck Jul 2015 #25

I suppose it depends on where you live. malthaussen Jul 2015 #26

If secession is treason I hope you don't celebrate Independence Day (n/t) Spider Jerusalem Jul 2015 #2

Nobody was a traitor in the AWI... MohRokTah Jul 2015 #4

Sure they were Spider Jerusalem Jul 2015 #6

They won. Lee lost. Big difference. eom MohRokTah Jul 2015 #8

Not really, treason is still treason? Spider Jerusalem Jul 2015 #10

Treasonous rebellion is only treasonous if those rebelling lose. MohRokTah Jul 2015 #11

William Wallace lost. So did Owain Glyndwr. They're still seen as heroes by the Scots and Welsh. Spider Jerusalem Jul 2015 #13

One died a traitor's death, the other died in hiding as a traitor. MohRokTah Jul 2015 #15

Not as far as the Scots and Welsh are concerned. Spider Jerusalem Jul 2015 #17

+1 Glassunion Jul 2015 #52

Treason never prospers, what's the reason? malthaussen Jul 2015 #21

Apparently, I come from a long line of treasonous bastards. DawgHouse Jul 2015 #53

I was taught that Robert E. Lee was a traitor to his oath to msanthrope Jul 2015 #3

Me too. He was the Biggest Traitor of the War of Southern Treason. eom MohRokTah Jul 2015 #5

This southerner agrees. REL should have been hung for treason. nt arely staircase Jul 2015 #9

Why do you think they chose not to hang Lee? kentuck Jul 2015 #14

all those fuckers got off way to easy arely staircase Jul 2015 #18

Appeasement to the slave-owning losers? The same appeasement that continued with ignoring the Dixie Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #30

Probably had something to do with the fact... malthaussen Jul 2015 #34

Why would Lee be a greater traitor than any other officer who went south? malthaussen Jul 2015 #24

The army does not "honor" him. Glassunion Jul 2015 #29

You mean they finally took down his and Jackson's portraits from Carlisle? malthaussen Jul 2015 #32

No they did not. Glassunion Jul 2015 #39

600,000 died. I don't want another civil war which the religious freaks Iliyah Jul 2015 #12

Wow......just,.....wow. Ferretherder Jul 2015 #16

Well, it has been at last a few days since the last south bashing thread. Glassunion Jul 2015 #31

I saw so many "Southern Heritage" threads that I felt Northern Heritage deserved a thread, too. eom MohRokTah Jul 2015 #43

It's the War of Northern Smugness (nt) Nye Bevan Jul 2015 #67

She didn't remember much about Sherman's truce with Johnston, then. malthaussen Jul 2015 #19

Yes...the winners got Reconstruction... kentuck Jul 2015 #23

Yeah, in the end the moderates lost out. malthaussen Jul 2015 #28

Ha! Love it. You might want to add that valerief Jul 2015 #22

Keep in mind, there were damned good generals on the side of the Confederates. MohRokTah Jul 2015 #56

No general is good. They all do war. nt valerief Jul 2015 #62

I'm from the north and I don't remember any teacher sufrommich Jul 2015 #27

Of course, the railroad was started during the war. malthaussen Jul 2015 #37

And many confederate soldiers were recruited to fight the "savages" in the West after the War.... kentuck Jul 2015 #46

Yep, and a lot of blacks, too. malthaussen Jul 2015 #47

Chinese and Irish on the Central Pacific side, but the Union Pacific had a very large labor problem Bluenorthwest Jul 2015 #48

Didn't know that. malthaussen Jul 2015 #49

Lucky you to have such wise teachers! MoonRiver Jul 2015 #33

That seriously does not compute. malthaussen Jul 2015 #35

Logic did not bother them one little bit. MoonRiver Jul 2015 #38

Right. kentuck Jul 2015 #40

I see we have the same Google-foo. :) malthaussen Jul 2015 #45

I grew up in Texas tammywammy Jul 2015 #36

So was I tammy Texasgal Jul 2015 #41

my same experience, in texas arely staircase Jul 2015 #42

Me also brer cat Jul 2015 #50

Yep Facility Inspector Jul 2015 #51

I never heard it either treestar Jul 2015 #57

My country is the world, and my religion is to do good. Thomas Paine Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2015 #44

My southern sixth grade teacher called it what it was, The Civil War. DawgHouse Jul 2015 #54

I am from the South and I dislike the Confederate flag also Gothmog Jul 2015 #55

This isn't about your heritage. It's a put down of the Southern ones. nolabear Jul 2015 #58

Yes, it is. eom MohRokTah Jul 2015 #59

Funny. I was taught there were good and noble men on both sides of that conflict. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2015 #60

Not a single person who fought for the confederacy was "good and noble". MohRokTah Jul 2015 #61

Can a man that fights to preserve the Union while also supporting slavery be "good and noble?' Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #64

War is not black and white for all that are fighting in it seveneyes Jul 2015 #65

In this case, it is. eom MohRokTah Jul 2015 #66

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