Cockburn on Slavery

Paul Henry Rosenberg rad at gte.net
Wed Nov 11 08:20:32 PST 1998


Carl Remick wrote:


> Re Gar's: "I think this topic shows how far neo-confederate propaganda
> has
> penetrated popular thought."
>
> In questioning whether the Civil War should have been fought, I appear
> to be at risk of being seen as an apologist for the Confederacy. I
> assure you I am not. Slavery is far and away the greatest crime that
> has ever been committed in this nation. If I were running the U.S., I
> would not only bulldoze the Jefferson Memorial but would also obliterate
> every Confederate monument as being a testimonial to an utterly immoral
> cause. I simply think that the Civil War, like all wars, had intensely
> negative effects that weigh heavily against the good that was achieved.

So Carl would buldoze the Jefferson Memorial, and let the South seceded, to continue practicing slavery as long as it wanted to.

Confusing style and substance are we?

If only that were the worst of it.

-- Paul Rosenberg Reason and Democracy rad at gte.net

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