We have a huge segment of our country that has never come to terms with the outcome of that Civil War and continues the grievance and resentment down through generations. Together with the ever presence of powerful oligarch wannabes, we are surely testing again whether this nation will survive in the vision of Lincoln.
We have a huge segment of our country that has never come to terms with the outcome of that Civil War and continues the grievance and resentment down through generations. Together with the ever presence of powerful oligarch wannabes, we are surely testing again whether this nation will survive in the vision of Lincoln.
Regarding your comment: When I lived in Birmingham AL back in the late 70s, I was shocked to discover that the Civil War was not over, there was a continued sense of grievance resentment, clearly handed down through generations. Growing up in the North, the outcome of the Civil War never crossed my mind.
Never heard it called that, and I have lived in the South for 70+ years. I have heard WWI referred to that way.
I am aware that many Southerners-even young ones-refer to the Civil War as The War Between the States, thus refusing to acknowledge a treasonous rebellion. They also vociferously refuse to acknowledge that slavery was the cause. It’s a clan of deliberate ignorance.
"has never come to terms with the outcome of that Civil War"
Exactly!! And has never come to terms with the dismantling of Jim Crow. The Groper-in-Chief has given a face and a voice to the resulting "grievance and resentment".
Please reference Dr. Richardson’s own book, “How the South won the Civil War,” a must-read. And so it goes, especially the racism and the power of money.
It’s an education issue. We forgot to make sure we turned our American citizens into educated and informed adults. Somewhere along the way we confused a consumer-based economy with virtue.
We need a virtue-based economy.
Where was the zero tolerance policy re. immigrants from Jesus? There wasn’t one.
We have a huge segment of our country that has never come to terms with the outcome of that Civil War and continues the grievance and resentment down through generations. Together with the ever presence of powerful oligarch wannabes, we are surely testing again whether this nation will survive in the vision of Lincoln.
Regarding your comment: When I lived in Birmingham AL back in the late 70s, I was shocked to discover that the Civil War was not over, there was a continued sense of grievance resentment, clearly handed down through generations. Growing up in the North, the outcome of the Civil War never crossed my mind.
There’s a reason that many old-school Southerners still refer to the Civil War as “The Great War.”
Never heard it called that, and I have lived in the South for 70+ years. I have heard WWI referred to that way.
I am aware that many Southerners-even young ones-refer to the Civil War as The War Between the States, thus refusing to acknowledge a treasonous rebellion. They also vociferously refuse to acknowledge that slavery was the cause. It’s a clan of deliberate ignorance.
It was a Great War for good reasons, not to mention the end of slavery and the cost in lives and treasure.
"has never come to terms with the outcome of that Civil War"
Exactly!! And has never come to terms with the dismantling of Jim Crow. The Groper-in-Chief has given a face and a voice to the resulting "grievance and resentment".
And has never come to terms with wealthy white men who want to have their way and to hell with everyone else.
Please reference Dr. Richardson’s own book, “How the South won the Civil War,” a must-read. And so it goes, especially the racism and the power of money.
It’s an education issue. We forgot to make sure we turned our American citizens into educated and informed adults. Somewhere along the way we confused a consumer-based economy with virtue.
We need a virtue-based economy.
Where was the zero tolerance policy re. immigrants from Jesus? There wasn’t one.