RE: I don't understand; why do people defend things such as the confederate flag
May 17, 2017 at 11:13 am
(This post was last modified: May 17, 2017 at 11:15 am by The Grand Nudger.)
It's fair to say that the motivations of the institutions of state in the south in the civil war were decidedly centered around the preservation of slavery, and ultimately this institution was the one which incited the war....but the motivations of individual confederates (and yankees) who fought (and died) under or before any confederate banner were far less monolithic....and often enough, nothing whatsoever to do with any disparity of opinion on "the negro", white supremacy, or the institution of slavery itself.
If you couldn't find -any- other thing that a confederate soldier and a union soldier agree on I bet you could find that one™.
If you couldn't find -any- other thing that a confederate soldier and a union soldier agree on I bet you could find that one™.
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