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nic34
11-01-2017, 03:17 PM
After White House Chief of Staff John Kelly on Monday night said that the Civil War was the result of “the lack of an ability to compromise” and called Confederal Gen. Robert E. Lee an “honorable man,” author Ta-Nehisi Coates tore into Kelly on Twitter.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ta-nehisi-coates-john-kelly-civil-war
Captain Obvious
11-01-2017, 03:22 PM
Getting schooled on this guys opinion doesn't have much value unfortunately.
nic34
11-01-2017, 03:35 PM
Opinion?

Or is history just fake?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DNdMMftVQAAG1nh.jpg
Captain Obvious
11-01-2017, 03:41 PM
Opinion?

Or is history just fake?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DNdMMftVQAAG1nh.jpg

It's whatever precious snowflakes want it to be.
nic34
11-01-2017, 03:50 PM
It's whatever precious snowflakes want it to be.
No biggie, Kelly can advise the snowflake-in-chief whatever he wants to present as "facts"....
MisterVeritis
11-01-2017, 03:58 PM
After White House Chief of Staff John Kelly on Monday night said that the Civil War was the result of “the lack of an ability to compromise” and called Confederal Gen. Robert E. Lee an “honorable man,” author Ta-Nehisi Coates tore into Kelly on Twitter.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ta-nehisi-coates-john-kelly-civil-war
And yet Kelly was right.
Hoosier8
11-01-2017, 04:52 PM
Because 750,000 dead was preferable.
Safety
11-01-2017, 04:58 PM
Because 750,000 dead was preferable.

Not preferable, but tell that to the racist south that didn't want the negro to be free.
MisterVeritis
11-01-2017, 05:07 PM
Not preferable, but tell that to the racist south that didn't want the negro to be free.
Of course not. Slaves were valuable property.
Safety
11-01-2017, 05:10 PM
Of course not. Slaves were valuable property.

They were, even the slave master's wives thought so too.
MisterVeritis
11-01-2017, 05:44 PM
They were, even the slave master's wives thought so too.
I am sure there was some play then, just as now. You know the larger problem was the uncanny similarity between the male masters' appearance and many biracial offspring. Over and over the only one who apparently did not understand why there was a striking similarity was the one who routinely impregnated his female slaves.

Slavery is always horrific. It damages both slaves and masters. It degrades both.
Safety
11-01-2017, 07:43 PM
I am sure there was some play then, just as now. You know the larger problem was the uncanny similarity between the male masters' appearance and many biracial offspring. Over and over the only one who apparently did not understand why there was a striking similarity was the one who routinely impregnated his female slaves.

Slavery is always horrific. It damages both slaves and masters. It degrades both.

Yep, it makes one wonder if that's when abortion was encouraged.