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highplainsdem

(62,227 posts) Tue Oct 31, 2017, 12:00 AM Oct 2017

Kelly: "The lack of an ability to compromise led to the Civil War." [View all]

I've seen another thread about Kelly praising Robert E. Lee. This statement about what he's claiming was the cause of the Civil War immediately followed that praise.

Disgusting.

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Kelly: "The lack of an ability to compromise led to the Civil War." [View all] highplainsdem Oct 2017 OP

That's Shelby Foote's line from Ken Burn's Civil War renegade000 Oct 2017 #1

Yup gabeana Oct 2017 #17

This may help you a bit: Foote was born in Greenville, Mississippi... VOX Oct 2017 #35

That's how I have JustAnotherGen Oct 2017 #37

Very interesting! We really are a bunch of mutts... VOX Oct 2017 #59

I understand that but the way he said it gabeana Nov 2017 #60

Compromise owning another human being would be? Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #2

Some people say that if the North had let slavery continue, it would have faded in a few decades. Girard442 Oct 2017 #11

So there really was not a compromise. You allow slaves or you do not. No halfway there. Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #14

Or-- MichMary Oct 2017 #38

The book "The Half Has Never Been Told" refutes that idea flyingfysh Oct 2017 #27

The American Civil War: "Rich man's war, poor man's fight." VOX Oct 2017 #31

"A few decades" is one minute, one second, too long. "Some people" aren't fit to breathe. WinkyDink Oct 2017 #34

Some abolitionists had suggested paying some small compensation. raging moderate Oct 2017 #41

Response from Martin Luther King's daughter Bernice: highplainsdem Oct 2017 #3

Ted Lieu's response: The USA exists because President Lincoln did not compromise. highplainsdem Oct 2017 #4

Perfect. dalton99a Oct 2017 #50

Actually, even Lincoln was willing to compromise to some extent Jim Lane Oct 2017 #58

Olbermann's response: John Kelly: Formerly: General. Currently: Whore highplainsdem Oct 2017 #5

yup JI7 Oct 2017 #6

Wow! oasis Oct 2017 #20

+1 MLAA Oct 2017 #28

Yep. dalton99a Oct 2017 #43

FUCK RACIST ASS JOHN KELLY!!! LovingA2andMI Oct 2017 #7

Grave errors led to the Civil War. The North did not believe Sneederbunk Oct 2017 #8

Yes, in President Buchanan and his slaver cronies. raging moderate Oct 2017 #9

My gods Hekate Oct 2017 #10

Kelly is a fucking racist, ignorant asshole. SunSeeker Oct 2017 #12

Ok, Kelly is a fucking asshole njhoneybadger Oct 2017 #13

This racist liar has no credibility. brush Oct 2017 #15

Shouldn't he be at the White House right now Corgigal Oct 2017 #16

4/5ths of a person Nevernose Oct 2017 #18

it was 3/5th and ironically the south wanted it higher and the north wanted it lower. unblock Oct 2017 #21

I think Nevernose meant that 4/5 would have been Kelly's idea of a compromise. highplainsdem Oct 2017 #22

LBN thread about the CNBC article on this: highplainsdem Oct 2017 #19

racist dumbfuck JI7 Oct 2017 #23

yeah, and mostly it was the south that refused to compromise. over slavery. unblock Oct 2017 #24

Chelsea Clinton:There is no "compromise" regarding slavery, ever, & the original 3/5ths compromise highplainsdem Oct 2017 #25

Chelsea is right on...what an articulate, compassionate person. MLAA Oct 2017 #29

i think Kelly is really stupid . i bet if he was black he would have never made it up where he was JI7 Oct 2017 #26

That's true only in the sense that there was no more compromising to be done Algernon Moncrieff Oct 2017 #30

I can't believe thas rational human being accdepts this BS today. Scruffy1 Oct 2017 #32

John Kelly is an arrogant (fill in the blank). WinkyDink Oct 2017 #33

A racist piece of shit who dishonoured the uniform and the fallen. arthritisR_US Oct 2017 #49

Oh come on, hes right. Kablooie Oct 2017 #36

The north DID compromise-- thucythucy Oct 2017 #54

Actually, I didn't know that. Kablooie Oct 2017 #57

Whenever Republicans whine about others not being willing to compromise mnhtnbb Oct 2017 #39

he's a fucking idiot and perfect to be huddled in the white house with trump spanone Oct 2017 #40

could General Kelly bdamomma Oct 2017 #42

I've seen others suggest on Twitter that Kellly might be trying just to create a distraction, but I highplainsdem Oct 2017 #44

can't wait to hear bdamomma Oct 2017 #45

Is he THREATENING us! THREATENING OUR COUNTRY? UNF*CKINGPATRIOTIC! Madam45for2923 Oct 2017 #46

Is there anyone not a dumb ass in that White House? Johonny Oct 2017 #47

Same thing will lead to 45's impeachment. coolsandy Oct 2017 #48

Let's see. We had the Three-Fifths Compromise, which gave the slaveholding states struggle4progress Oct 2017 #51

I need to keep this one. Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #53

The failure to crush white supremacy with reconstruction was the error. David__77 Oct 2017 #52

Best reply to this yet is by CNN commentator Keith Boykin KitSileya Oct 2017 #55

WTF is he talking about? A compromise would have been, "Okay, you can have 2 slaves." Vinca Oct 2017 #56

The sainted Robert E Lee anamnua Nov 2017 #61