Posted 4/14/2010 05:07:00 PM by Douglas

This is so absurd and vitriolic, I don't know where to begin. I hate to give this kind of crap more attention than it deserves, which isn't any, but like any trainwrecks, I just can't turn away.

If a Confederate soldier was merely doing his job in defending his homeland, honor and heritage, what are we to say about young Muslim radicals who say the exact same thing as their rationale for strapping bombs on their bodies and blowing up cafes and buildings?

Wow, that's crazy. But hold on:

Even if you're a relative of one of the 9/11 hijackers, that man was an out-and-out terrorist, and nothing you can say will change that. And if your great-great-great-granddaddy was a Confederate who stood up for Southern ideals, he too was a terrorist.

Like most insane rants, there's a shred of truth there, but as usual, this shred gets pooped on to make the point the author already intended to make. The South was evil, case closed.

No one wants to hear the North did this, and the South did that to point out who is more responsible for the half a million men that died, nor does anyone wish to point out every single developed country on the planet got rid of African slavery without such bloodshed.

So if you want to believe the South was the true embodiment of the liberties (for some) espoused in the Constitution, or if you believe the were domestic terrorists, it's doubtful anything is going to change your mind.