joether
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ORIGINAL: HunterCA
Oh Joe, just ignorance.
For someone that is at, near, or more likely, above, fifty years of age; you do behave like a twelve year old child.
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ORIGINAL: HunterCA
Here's a quote:
“In the Federal prison camps, incarcerated Rebels joined the Union military, became civilians who agreed to stay north of the Ohio River, or sometimes preferred even the worst Northern prison camp to returning to the degradation of the Southern armies.”
Excerpt From: Robert Scott Davis. “Andersonville Civil War Prison.”
Where exactly does the excerpt come from? When making a direct quote from a book, its customary to give the page number. Or are you just cherry picking stuff out of context here?
Being in the Southern Armies was not as good as the Northern ones. They had shortages supplies on just about everything except Federal troops. But not just supplies but trained individuals in a variety of areas. Prisons during war provides a snapshot on how well a side is fairing in a conflict. Andersonville,GA, was just that; a fair indication of the South.
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ORIGINAL: HunterCA
Excerpt From: Robert Scott Davis
It wasn't just Andersonville prison. It was the whole of the dieing south that was suffering. You want to make a moral issue out of a terrible thing without understanding the history.
Who started that war in the first place? Wasn't the North....
Who wanted slaves to help keep their profit margins up against 'foreign markets'? Wasn't the North....
Who used propaganda, lies, and half truths to spread a vewpoint that the President was something besides what he was? Wasn't the North....
Understanding of history? I understand it better than you. I see the parallels with 'The South' to modern conservative/libertarian political bullshit. A population in which the upper tier is small and well educated; controlling the 'Low Information Voter' in numerous ways to push a concept and idea that the current President is something else besides what he is (a US President, duly elected by over fifty million Americans in two elections).
Right now we watch as right wingers support a criminal (Clive Bundy) against the law of the land. And a year later, some miners in Southwest Oregon. One of these days, those folks will cross a line (much like the South), and be put down by the US Military (must like the Federal Armies). This is the 'simple' version of things; it gets much more complex and complicated. But I dont think your mature enough to handle that sort of discussion yet.....
Do you even have an original thought of your own about anything in history?
< Message edited by joether -- 5/15/2015 1:49:53 PM >
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