What was the civil war fought over?

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

Civil war was fought because of money/greed.

 

[AlterEgo99 5,000+ posts]

Prox is trollin' ya bros. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[Geezerpoop 10+ year member]

The confederate flag stands for failure, poor hygiene, and not knowing how to read.

The south has kept these values.

 

[Wingman0121 10+ year member]

A confederate flag is a symbol of ignorance IMO. You tend to run into people with that flag in small towns where 95% of the population are Caucasian.

 

[Proximity 10+ year member]

Obviously.

You make this too easy for me. The cat is out of the bag, you know nothing about American history or anything that gives you credence in this discussion. Allow me to learn you something.

The mass of "republicans" in the south are republicans for no other reason than racism, abortion and gay rights. It has nothing to do with fiscal anything (for the majority, of course there are exceptions).

At the turn of the 20th century, the southern states were call the "solid south". But what political party did they vote for en masse? I'll tell you because I know you don't know. Democratic. It was the democratic solid south. And for the most part it was the solid south until the civil rights movement. Why up until the civil rights movement? See the next paragraph.

In the south there were a lot of redneck racist democrats who hated black people. In 1964 LBJ, a democrat, passed the civil rights bill. The southern redneck racist democrats were furious and the next election it was still the solid south...except now for the republicans who pandered to their racist ways.

Solid South - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Proximity 10+ year member]

Prox is trollin' ya bros. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

It's a mixture of trolling for trolling sake and want to laugh at people who really think that the confederate flag doesn't stand for slavery.

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

Thanks for reinforcing how stupid liberals actually are.

To quote your hypocritical self, "That has to be one of the funniest, and most ignorant things I've ever heard anyone say."

 

[Proximity 10+ year member]

He HAD to have been talking about you as you assumed something incorrectly. You never had any, but even what you might have been able to obtain is lost.

No YOU never had any.

 

[ahole-ic]

No YOU never had any.

Lol You're rubber and I'm glue? Grow up.

 

[ahole-ic]

To quote your hypocritical self, "That has to be one of the funniest, and most ignorant things I've ever heard anyone say."

That liberals are stupid? It's pretty factual.

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

That liberals are stupid? It's pretty factual.

Says the guy complaining about a broad conservative remark...there's really no limit to your stupidity, is there?

 

[RAM_Designs 5,000+ posts]

That liberals are stupid? It's pretty factual.

dbl poast for some reason.

 

[Proximity 10+ year member]

Lol You're rubber and I'm glue? Grow up.

I was making fun of the fact you said the exact same thing I said to you..to me.

And I'm disappointed that you had no response to my history lesson. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif Not surprised of course, but disaapointed.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

I know why the southern states were more attached to slavery. I know it's because their economies were based on agriculture while the north was turning to industrialization. But frankly motive is irrelevant.

If motive is irrelevant, why did you ask about it?

 

[Johnny Law.Lulz 5,000+ posts]

Im not reading this thread but im posting what i know.

The war was fought over the rights of the southern states vs the government. Lincoln made it about slavery when the south was lobbying for englands help because England needed the souths products. Lincoln knew if he made the war about slavery, then England would technically be fighting for slavery which would keep them out of it which is exactly what happened. The fact of the matter was that barely anyone in the south owned slaves because they couldnt afford it. It is also a popular idea that Lincoln abolished slavery which was also wrong. The Emancipation Proclomation freed slaves in states controlled by the Union. The South was its own entity and didnt listen to the laws of the Union for that time so the EP didnt apply to them. As the Union started taking states back throughout the war, the slaves were freed in those states but the over-all consensus that Lincoln freed the slaves is wrong because he did not. The Amendment ( cant remember which number) freed all slaves.