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Slavery was an abomination. It was evil and needed to be

Posted on: April 6, 2017 at 12:53:14 CT
hokie VT
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eradicated.

And yes, lincoln preserved the union. After GW, the second best in our history.

He was president at a very difficult time. A time not unlike our own, with racial animus, polarized voting blocks and enormous hostility initially for lincoln.

A necessary war, necessarily won.

Edited by hokie at 12:53:40 on 04/06/17
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Lafayette, we are here. WWI was imo the most - hokie VT - 4/6 12:47:36
     Vietnam War was... - mizzoumurfkc MU - 4/6 13:31:03
          You talking about the American War in Vietnam(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 4/6 14:08:35
          Hey that's my war - mu7176grad MU - 4/6 13:36:42
               Your defense of it is very odd (nm) - pickle MU - 4/6 13:40:35
     The public should always be vigilant or they will suffer - fez MU - 4/6 13:24:57
     Neither the civil war nor WWII was necessary - pickle MU - 4/6 12:52:00
          What's so civil about war anyway? - Emoji Man MSU - 4/6 13:08:30
     None of those wars were necessary. - ummmm MU - 4/6 12:50:46
          What should we have done after pearl harbor? nm - hokie VT - 4/6 13:13:12
               PH was a response to US provocation and militarism - pickle MU - 4/6 13:21:15
                    No it wasn't you dumb@ss! - Spanky KU - 4/6 13:59:12
                         Yes, it was. - pickle MU - 4/6 14:16:54
                              Nope.. Try again. The Japs were going to try - Spanky KU - 4/6 14:28:10
                                   I suggest you reread my post (nm) - pickle MU - 4/6 14:33:14
                                        Your post is wrong.. The US continued to sell arms to - Spanky KU - 4/6 14:56:07
                                             it isn't wrong (nm) - pickle MU - 4/6 19:32:59
                                             pickle focuses only on one side of the equation, Spanky. - 90Tiger MU - 4/6 15:08:38
               I wasn't alive. - ummmm MU - 4/6 13:20:42
                    Cop out. You weren't alive during the civil war or WWII, yet - hokie VT - 4/6 13:25:44
                         He was responding to your use of "we". There was no cop out - pickle MU - 4/6 13:30:57
                              Not to mention that I still answered it. (nm) - ummmm MU - 4/6 13:31:28
                                   You didn't answer. The question was what should have - hokie VT - 4/6 13:33:52
                                        he answered, you don't like the answer. you formed a - 90Tiger MU - 4/6 13:54:40
                                        RE: You didn't answer. The question was what should have - ummmm MU - 4/6 13:44:14
                                        This is over your head. It was a teaching moment, - pickle MU - 4/6 13:39:53
                         I was answering your question as you phrased it. - ummmm MU - 4/6 13:30:50
                              Gutless. Parse the words like a politician and pretend - hokie VT - 4/6 13:39:55
                                   In the future, I'll remember to not give plain meaning to - ummmm MU - 4/6 13:46:13
                                   He answered. Learn to ask the right questions (nm) - pickle MU - 4/6 13:41:09
     "the civil war was necessary" - yeah to federal - 90Tiger MU - 4/6 12:50:30
          Slavery was an abomination. It was evil and needed to be - hokie VT - 4/6 12:53:14
               the war wasn't initiated to end slavery, good grief (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 4/6 13:12:19
                    No, but it was fought because OF it. Your point?(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 4/6 14:47:13
                         no it wasn't (nm) - pickle MU - 4/6 19:35:47
                    Oddly, the war ended slavery when the union won. nm - hokie VT - 4/6 13:14:59
                         The war was not fought over slavery. - ummmm MU - 4/6 13:22:25
                              Careful - pickle MU - 4/6 13:36:43
                                   I'm never upset. Conscription isn't slavery. It shares - 90Tiger MU - 4/6 13:44:38
                                        It's slavery (nm) - pickle MU - 4/6 13:57:11
                                             It's not slavery. It's conscription, and awful in its own - 90Tiger MU - 4/6 14:11:46
                                                  It's slavery (nm) - pickle MU - 4/6 14:17:12
                                                       you notice what you're not doing that I'm doing here other - 90Tiger MU - 4/6 15:04:28
                                                            i'm not really reading your posts - pickle MU - 4/6 19:36:44
                              What an amazingly sillypost. Conscription = slavery. nm - hokie VT - 4/6 13:31:58
                                   It is textbook slavery. It is forced, involuntary servitude. - ummmm MU - 4/6 13:45:02
                                        which beliefs? can soldiers be bought and sold as property - 90Tiger MU - 4/6 13:55:14
                                             Probably? But that is not what makes something slavery. - ummmm MU - 4/6 14:01:12
                                                  and - what beliefs are tied to this that I'm so deeply - 90Tiger MU - 4/6 14:12:14
                                                       What does this reference? I am not certain I said this - ummmm MU - 4/6 14:13:09
                                                            my mistake - you said it about hoke, I'm sorry. Oh - and I - 90Tiger MU - 4/6 14:16:16
                                                                 Slaves are not property, 90 (nm) - pickle MU - 4/6 14:18:16
                                                                      RE: Slaves are not property, 90 (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 4/6 15:05:00
                                                                           Use your head (nm) - pickle MU - 4/6 15:15:52
                                                                                irony (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 4/6 15:39:44
                                                  Slaves are property, ummmm. Are conscripted soldiers - 90Tiger MU - 4/6 14:11:17
                                                       Incorrect (nm) - pickle MU - 4/6 14:18:38
                                                            slaves were property, pickle, despite your one word - 90Tiger MU - 4/6 15:06:04
                                                                 They weren't, 90. Use your head (nm) - pickle MU - 4/6 15:44:28
                                                       That's the idea, at least. (nm) - ummmm MU - 4/6 14:12:28
                                             That's not the deciding factor on what is or isn't slavery(nm) - pickle MU - 4/6 13:56:51
                                   What's silly about it? (nm) - pickle MU - 4/6 13:38:44
                                        RE: What's silly about it? (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 4/6 13:44:57
                         That's incorrect (nm) - pickle MU - 4/6 13:21:39
               The war was not fought over or about slavery - pickle MU - 4/6 12:57:54
                    Oh pickle, you just never disappoint(nm) - MUGuy2004 STL - 4/6 12:59:21
                         he's 100% correct (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 4/6 13:12:49
                         He's right. The war was not fought over slavery - ummmm MU - 4/6 13:01:52




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