Strange But True: Ron Paul Thinks The American Civil War Was 'Unnecessary'

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5. Generally agreed.

I think you're missing the fact that few among the elite slaveholders of the South...were even willing to entertain the notion of giving up slavery. They weren't. Resentment at the abolition of slavery in the South persists until this day and it has nothing to do with the Civil War itself; such notions are pure, unadulterated racist imaginations. Ron Paul's "what-ifs" are at the most absurd level and as you properly note fail to realize that the South was the main instigator of the conflict. They were not prepared to accept a democratic decision in accordance with the Constitution.