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> -> Part of the problem in America today is that most school kids, if they are
> -> taught much history at all, are taught that the civil war was all about
> -> slavery and racism and nothing else.
> They didn't consider it racism back then... they considered it a
> "property" manner (which is worse).  In actuality the Civil War was
> about many things... not just slavery.  Mainly State's rights... which
> could easily happen today over many things.

True, I mention racism because that is how it is taught, from what I can
tell.  Funny thing is that the states' rights issues existed long before it
was used as a slavery argument.  Earlier in the 1800's, there were issues with
such in New England over things the feds wanted the locals to do that they did
not want to.  They had just fought England to get rid of silly central
government interferance and didn't want to put up with it again.  There was
even talk of succession. I think the feds mostly won that battle, too.

However, now days, whenever I hear anyone on the right mention states'
rights, someone on the left will call them a racist... even if it has nothing
to do with civil rights.

Mike
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