Anonymous
12/23/2015 22:06
Subject: Arlington has asked Virginia to rename Jefferson Davis Highway
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:in what way are you proud of the fact that Virginia seceded?Anonymous wrote:Virginians are Virginians in addition to being Americans. They can be proud if both their national and state history. Their state history includes NOT being part of the Union during the civil war.
In the face of daunting odds they stood up for what they believed was right. Now no one today would agree with their cause, but that was a different era when the proper answer wasn't so clear. Especially considering the right thing to do meant the ruin of many of those in power. Economically wise, you could compare it to losing half your property and doubling the minimum wage. Many a person has decided on their pocket book over doing the right thing.
You just described any revolutionary on the planet. No one starts a civil war believing they are wrong.
Anonymous
12/23/2015 21:09
Subject: Arlington has asked Virginia to rename Jefferson Davis Highway
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Ridiculous. Whsy shall we change Washington DC and Washington state to next? Jefferson Memorial and Washington Monument names to be changed next? Washington and Let University, UVA founded by Jefferson, Library of Congress. Some of you have gone from the Ridiculous to the sublime
Anyone who tries to defend Jeff Davis with the stupid faulty analogy to Washington or Jefferson is obviously an idiot.
Actually if you compare Washington and Davis they had similar backgrounds. The major difference being one was on the winning side of war and the other was not.
Lol yup. If the revolutionaries had lost the war and we are still part of the British commonwealth we'd probably treat Washington like Guy Fawks. You'd have libs yelling on these forums that he was a slave owning racist that only inbreds want to remember.
In other words, if we were patriotic British, we would not like George Washington.
Well guess what? We are patriotic AMERICANS. It's not just a matter of winning or losing. it is a matter of which country we belong to, who were the people who defended us, and who were the people who went to war with us. How can you be so thick as to not understand it.
Virginians are Virginians in addition to being Americans. They can be proud if both their national and state history. Their state history includes NOT being part of the Union during the civil war.
What specifically about being responsible for tearing the country apart., the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of Americans and the forced enslavement of millions is there to be proud of? Please explain this.
Anonymous
12/23/2015 21:05
Subject: Arlington has asked Virginia to rename Jefferson Davis Highway
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:in what way are you proud of the fact that Virginia seceded?Anonymous wrote:Virginians are Virginians in addition to being Americans. They can be proud if both their national and state history. Their state history includes NOT being part of the Union during the civil war.
In the face of daunting odds they stood up for what they believed was right. Now no one today would agree with their cause, but that was a different era when the proper answer wasn't so clear. Especially considering the right thing to do meant the ruin of many of those in power. Economically wise, you could compare it to losing half your property and doubling the minimum wage. Many a person has decided on their pocket book over doing the right thing.
They did not believe the odds to be daunting. "one southerner can whip ten yankees"
They believed that given their superior martial skills, their greater motivation, the general disadvantages faced by an occupier, and the need of Britain and France for cotton, they would win quickly and easily.
You never go into battle admitting defeat. You go in defiant, portraying confidence. Do you really think the CSA, or any other competitor, would have expressed anything less then that?
Anonymous
12/23/2015 21:02
Subject: Arlington has asked Virginia to rename Jefferson Davis Highway
Anonymous wrote:in what way are you proud of the fact that Virginia seceded?Anonymous wrote:Virginians are Virginians in addition to being Americans. They can be proud if both their national and state history. Their state history includes NOT being part of the Union during the civil war.
In the face of daunting odds they stood up for what they believed was right. Now no one today would agree with their cause, but that was a different era when the proper answer wasn't so clear. Especially considering the right thing to do meant the ruin of many of those in power. Economically wise, you could compare it to losing half your property and doubling the minimum wage. Many a person has decided on their pocket book over doing the right thing.
An overwhelming majority felt the answer was clear. The free population of the South was only a little over 5 million as compared to the north, which was closed to 20 million. The American consensus against secession and slavery was 4:1 against. Most of America felt humans should not be property and that workers deserved to be paid wages rather than be enslaved and this had already been the case for generations in the North.