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[BuckyIsAB****]

The Mississippi Articles of Secession disagree with that statement. .

And that was written by a few really rich white folks in MS. Not by the vast majority.

[deadheaddawg]

I could care less about OM or their name and not to take this thread down a rabbit hole but that war was about a whole not more than being racist.

The north was just as racist as the south was, the left loves to praise ol Abe but if they really knew the history they would know his Dad was a slave catcher and he wanted to send all african americans to south america and get rid of them all instead of having to deal with it. Not to mention the White House and the Capitol building was being built on by slave labor DURING the war. Throw in the fact that 94 percent of folks who fought for the south in the war never owned a slave and you'd find that the Confederate flag is far from racist. Stonewall Jackson taught sunday school for black kids and taught hem how to read and write. Robert E Lee didnt support slavery either. There were lots of rich folk in the south that did however and that was wrong. Now some groups have hijacked the flag and made it to be something it wasnt, and that is wrong and Im against them. The left also wants to brainwash you into thinking that as well bc they want everyone to be victims but that is another topic.

To quote Shelby Foote (A Mississippian) ''Anyone who says that the war was about slavery are just as wrong as the people who say that it had nothing to do with slavery.'' I did a research project on the war at MSU. History books given to kids today tell you what they want you to think, not the truth.

Didnt mean to go on a rant but it is what it is.

lol.

Cleanup on page one. We have a melted snowflake puddle

[BuckyIsAB****]

lol.

Cleanup on page one. We have a melted snowflake puddle

Or just facts. And where did I melt? Solid argument there. Im not gonna get into a page long pissing match just figured some factual statements would benefit the thread not just biased opinions

[BeardoMSU]

And that was written by a few really rich white folks in MS. Not by the vast majority.

Yes. The vast majority of soldiers were fighting for their "home"...to preserve a "way of life"...

We can contextualize it all day long regarding the poor soldier who never owned slaves, but the fact of the matter is they fought for a cause that was unequivocally clear in its #1 goal.

And regarding Lincoln, we can pretty much break down every historic figure regarding negative things about their past that haven't aged well....literally every historic figure. But Lincoln preserved the Union...he kept the United States of America together...and he did his best (before being assassinated) to make the reconstruction as painless as possible for his southern brethren who were his neighbors once again. That's what he's remembered for, and he's a hero for it.

[BuckyIsAB****]

Yes. The vast majority of soldiers were fighting for their "home"...to preserve a "way of life"...

We can contextualize it all day long regarding the poor soldier who never owned slaves, but the fact of the matter is they fought for a cause that was unequivocally clear in its #1 goal.

And regarding Lincoln, we can pretty much break down every historic figure regarding negative things about their past that haven't aged well....literally every historic figure. But Lincoln preserved the Union...he kept the United States of America together...and he did his best (before being assassinated) to make the reconstruction as painless as possible for his southern brethren who were his neighbors once again. That's what he's remembered for, and he's a hero for it.

He also suspended the right to a fair trial and threw your ass in jail if you wrote anything bad about him in newspapers during the war. He also sent a large number of troops to maryland to intimidate the people there from voting to secede. When South Carolina seceded which was completely legal at the time, and claimed Fort Sumter was their own soil since it did belong to them they gave the men there 30 days to leave, Lincoln told the Colonel at Fort Sumter to stay there as long as he could while he raised an army and a navy to invade his own country. 30 days went by and the south shot first.

If you read a history book given to kids today its the south randomly opened fire at federal troops bc they were evil and hated black people.

[BuckyIsAB****]

Read the soldiers on both sides letters to home and hardly any of them mention a slave. Matter of fact when Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation (which was nothing but a tool to keep england and france out of the war, it accomplished nothing in the US) lots of Union soldiers deserted and draft riots happened in lots of northern states. Especially in New York.

The goal for a few rich politicians in the south may have been to keep slaves but the majority of them fought bc they were being invaded and taxed over 50 percent of their revenue thanks to the Morill Tariff than Lincoln upheld when he was elected. Lincoln won the presidency despite not even being on the ballot in many of the southern states and that shows they had virtually no say so in congress. It was about a lot more than what the left wants to paint it as.

[Liverpooldawg]

I could care less about OM or their name and not to take this thread down a rabbit hole but that war was about a whole not more than being racist.

The north was just as racist as the south was, the left loves to praise ol Abe but if they really knew the history they would know his Dad was a slave catcher and he wanted to send all african americans to south america and get rid of them all instead of having to deal with it. Not to mention the White House and the Capitol building was being built on by slave labor DURING the war. Throw in the fact that 94 percent of folks who fought for the south in the war never owned a slave and you'd find that the Confederate flag is far from racist. Stonewall Jackson taught sunday school for black kids and taught hem how to read and write. Robert E Lee didnt support slavery either. There were lots of rich folk in the south that did however and that was wrong. Now some groups have hijacked the flag and made it to be something it wasnt, and that is wrong and Im against them. The left also wants to brainwash you into thinking that as well bc they want everyone to be victims but that is another topic.

To quote Shelby Foote (A Mississippian) ''Anyone who says that the war was about slavery are just as wrong as the people who say that it had nothing to do with slavery.'' I did a research project on the war at MSU. History books given to kids today tell you what they want you to think, not the truth.

Didnt mean to go on a rant but it is what it is.

The war was about slavery, period. Every other damn arguement you make about it NOT being about slavery ultimately leads back to slavery. No slavery, no war, PERIOD. The topic isn't even debatable if you are truthful.

[Liverpooldawg]

And that was written by a few really rich white folks in MS. Not by the vast majority.

The vast majority voted for the delegates to that convention. It represented the will of the people of the state. The war was about SLAVERY.

[deadheaddawg]

It's amazing in the year 2019 we still have people trying to distort history to keep their racist flag and heroes.

Do all wars involve lots of little issues someone can point to as a red herring? Yes. If you are stupid enough to believe the civil war wasn't about slavery then you are stupid enough to believe red herring things like "my great great grandpappy wasn't racist and most of the soldiers were poor...blah blah blah."

Guess what. War has never been about what individual soldiers think. Soldiers opinions are not what war is fought over.

If you actually think the civil war wasn't about slavery you are either

1) a fool
2) racist or
3) have an agenda.

Those are the only possible options. It can't be anything else. I am not sure which of the three some of you are, but y'all clearly are.

And the Confederate flag has been used as a racist intimidation tactic as long as everyone here has been alive. Stop with the "few people have turned it into a bad thing" narrative. That's BS and if you are not intelligent enough to understand this, there really isn't any help for you, and I pray to God you haven't had children.

Im ready for these people to die off, so we can start to turn Mississippi into something other than embarrassment

[Fred Garvin]

Maybe we should change our name ... perhaps University of Oktibbeha as a tribute to the dead injuns ****. That way we avoid any confusion with the Univ. of MS.

[deadheaddawg]

I vote we change our name to Fire Cohen! That way a bunch of our fans can won't have to change their chant

[turkish]

I don’t like this debate, but I tend to be a little left of center on it. A state shouldn’t be allowed to deny Americans their constitutional rights. The problem is that there have been some pretty impure exploits occur beneath the American flag, too, both before and after 1865.

[BeardoMSU]

The problem is that there have been some pretty impure exploits occur beneath the American flag, too, both before and after 1865.

Legacy of America and it's flag: ended slavery, defeated fascism (multiple times), as a republic, has been a model for democracy for the rest of the world. Etc. Etc. Etc. Etc. Etc.

What's the legacy for the CSA, and it's flag?

[Activated Alpha]

So back to the topic on hand, how can yall make a change to stop this from happening. Someone was correct earlier in that this does not happen to Michigan and Michigan State.

[turkish]

Legacy of America and it's flag: ended slavery, defeated fascism (multiple times), as a republic, has been a model for democracy for the rest of the world. Etc. Etc. Etc. Etc. Etc.

What's the legacy for the CSA, and it's flag?

Eh. That makes it sound as though the Confederate flag is illegitimate only because it was carried by the losing side. And that it would somehow be legitimate had they won.

But I don’t disagree with your conclusion.

[Dawg61]

So back to the topic on hand, how can yall make a change to stop this from happening. Someone was correct earlier in that this does not happen to Michigan and Michigan State.

Can't make Ole Miss call themselves Mississippi and you can't make idiots stop confusing the two schools so the best and only option is to stop letting it bother you.

[Dawg61]

The Civil War was 155 years ago. Let it die already. Imagine all of Europe, Northern Africa and Asia constantly dragging up WW2 towards Japan, Germany, Italy and Russia. Nothing would ever get accomplished ever and that war was only 80 years ago not 155 years ago.

[timotheus]

I could care less about OM or their name and not to take this thread down a rabbit hole but that war was about a whole not more than being racist.

The north was just as racist as the south was, the left loves to praise ol Abe but if they really knew the history they would know his Dad was a slave catcher and he wanted to send all african americans to south america and get rid of them all instead of having to deal with it. Not to mention the White House and the Capitol building was being built on by slave labor DURING the war. Throw in the fact that 94 percent of folks who fought for the south in the war never owned a slave and you'd find that the Confederate flag is far from racist. Stonewall Jackson taught sunday school for black kids and taught hem how to read and write. Robert E Lee didnt support slavery either. There were lots of rich folk in the south that did however and that was wrong. Now some groups have hijacked the flag and made it to be something it wasnt, and that is wrong and Im against them. The left also wants to brainwash you into thinking that as well bc they want everyone to be victims but that is another topic.

To quote Shelby Foote (A Mississippian) ''Anyone who says that the war was about slavery are just as wrong as the people who say that it had nothing to do with slavery.'' I did a research project on the war at MSU. History books given to kids today tell you what they want you to think, not the truth.

Didnt mean to go on a rant but it is what it is.

Quote of the century. Way to go Bucky.

[Dawgology]

It's amazing in the year 2019 we still have people trying to distort history to keep their racist flag and heroes.

Do all wars involve lots of little issues someone can point to as a red herring? Yes. If you are stupid enough to believe the civil war wasn't about slavery then you are stupid enough to believe red herring things like "my great great grandpappy wasn't racist and most of the soldiers were poor...blah blah blah."

Guess what. War has never been about what individual soldiers think. Soldiers opinions are not what war is fought over.

If you actually think the civil war wasn't about slavery you are either

1) a fool
2) racist or
3) have an agenda.

Those are the only possible options. It can't be anything else. I am not sure which of the three some of you are, but y'all clearly are.

And the Confederate flag has been used as a racist intimidation tactic as long as everyone here has been alive. Stop with the "few people have turned it into a bad thing" narrative. That's BS and if you are not intelligent enough to understand this, there really isn't any help for you, and I pray to God you haven't had children.

Im ready for these people to die off, so we can start to turn Mississippi into something other than embarrassment

This.

[dantheman4248]

Can't make Ole Miss call themselves Mississippi and you can't make idiots stop confusing the two schools so the best and only option is to stop letting it bother you.

You can’t stop idiots from being idiots, but you can shame people for not doing their job properly. You go into journalism / reporting of any kind, you should be shamed for getting simple things wrong. Period.