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Originally Posted by jb2000
Actually, I wanted to know what Sob was trying to get across (he's the one using the word 'fuckwad'. As for traitor, I think that's a reasonable thing to discuss. Whether I agree or not is one thing, but I'm not going to get all huffy about it.
The first is a pointless word that does nothing to add to discussion, but traitor is an important category, and whether people think of others as traitors is substantive to the discussion.
Josh
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Hmmm. Isn't this entire thread discussing people who get "huffy" about the name of a dorm?
By the way, when I use the word "fuckwad," I'm
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Originally Posted by Superbelt
So I ask again, why do they care about the confederacy so much? Why do they cling to that name? They aren't the confederacy, they are the South, specifically whatever state they are from. The Confederacy was a group of fuckwads who wanted to keep whipping human beings because they weren't picking cotton fast enough.
(Civil War = War for states rights = war for a states right to decide if it's residents can own humans with a high melanin count)
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Originally Posted by Smooth
Are you seriously arguing that secessionists are honorable soldiers?
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Originally Posted by Superbelt
I'll call the Confederacy traitors, not just criminals like Smooth. They betrayed their country in as clear a way as possible.
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Actually, as has clearly been shown, it was Lincoln who betrayed the Constitution, and the agreements that some states stipulated before they would agree to the document. The inappropriateness of the words "treason" and "traitor" have already been clearly established as well.
There's not much to add to what's already been said, other than if others reserve the right to be offended by the word "Confederacy," I have the right to be offended by the grossly inaccurate name-calling above.