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Old 07-06-2020, 01:45 PM
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Sorry, won't watch half an hour of lost cause special pleading. The main claim of the whole 'lost cause' mythos is that the war was not over slavery. Which is false. It's like this: the North mainly fought to subdue the 'rebelluon' of the seceeding states. But those states seceded over slavery, first and foremost.
The video is not "Lost Cause pleading".

I think it represents your POV quite well.
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Old 07-06-2020, 02:24 PM
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The video is not "Lost Cause pleading".

I think it represents your POV quite well.
I just watched it. I think you are absolutely right.

I even learned a few things watching it.
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Old 07-06-2020, 03:18 PM
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The video is not "Lost Cause pleading".

I think it represents your POV quite well.
Well you fooled me. You said it was your rebuttal, and you said you were a lost causer.
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