Fair point. But I think the characterization of if/when America was ever a "great" nation is not productive. I make comments referring to the times in which I live. I also don't mythologize. I think it isn't necessary. I am a southerner at heart and have no problem admitting two important realities:
Fair point. But I think the characterization of if/when America was ever a "great" nation is not productive. I make comments referring to the times in which I live. I also don't mythologize. I think it isn't necessary. I am a southerner at heart and have no problem admitting two important realities:
1. The South was wrong in the Civil War and deserved to lose.
2. Yankees are horrible people who took great pleasure in not only destroying the South but in rubbing salt in the wounds of southerners for generations.
Both are true.
1. America is the greatest nation on earth.
2. The greatest nation on earth is plagued by some damned ugly problems.
You are letting your southern sympathies geet the better of you. The Yankees never wanted to go to war. They dragged their feet at the beginning. The South fought valiantly. But that resulted in a lot of Yankee deaths and dismemberments. So, you can hardly blame the north for coming down hard on the enemy that had killed and maimed so many of its sons.
Fair point. But I think the characterization of if/when America was ever a "great" nation is not productive. I make comments referring to the times in which I live. I also don't mythologize. I think it isn't necessary. I am a southerner at heart and have no problem admitting two important realities:
1. The South was wrong in the Civil War and deserved to lose.
2. Yankees are horrible people who took great pleasure in not only destroying the South but in rubbing salt in the wounds of southerners for generations.
Both are true.
1. America is the greatest nation on earth.
2. The greatest nation on earth is plagued by some damned ugly problems.
You are letting your southern sympathies geet the better of you. The Yankees never wanted to go to war. They dragged their feet at the beginning. The South fought valiantly. But that resulted in a lot of Yankee deaths and dismemberments. So, you can hardly blame the north for coming down hard on the enemy that had killed and maimed so many of its sons.
He sure is letting his southern sympathies shine today.