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In reply to the discussion: What is Southern Heritage? [View all]Uncle Joe
(58,417 posts)of Sherman's support for slavery because his "bummers" might come after them?
You all but called me a racist in the previous post and then make excuses for a historical racist in the very next post, I will admit Sherman was a most effective General but that doesn't make him holy.
I do wish the war had never happened and that slavery could've been abolished in a peaceful manner but you have totally misread my position, I'm happy the South lost.
As I posted up-thread I believe we're much stronger as one united nation versus two weak ones, I've also condemned slavery, racism and Jim Crow, apparently you never read the thread.
Martin Luther King; among many of his fine qualities two of them stand out to me.
1. King was a man of substance he focused on changing real life policies, civil rights, voting rights, the war in Vietnam etc. etc. he said that we should judge a person by the content of their character and not by superficial means ie: color of their skin. Symbols are superficial and can't be trusted as an accurate gauge of a person's character, life would be simple and easy if that were the case, but anyone good or bad can fly a flag for whatever reason the choose.
2. King was a man of vision and in his utopian dream, all Americans would be united regardless of race, region or historical heritage. The sooner we as nation can get over the superficial bullshit, the sooner King's vision will come to pass.