8 dead in SC church shooting

[Belsnickel]

(06-24-2015, 12:40 PM)fredtoast Wrote: You can't just argue that any viewpoint is excusable because the people who held that belief felt they were correct.  The people who owned slaves did not think they were wrong.  That does not excuse their actions.

The American Revolution was illegal, but it was a revolt against the exploitation of a colonial overlord.  Therefore I feel it was justified.  I don't just think it was justified because we won.  If there was a war like this today that did not involve my country I would be against the exploitation of a colonial power.


And I also realize that most of the southerners who took up arms were just defending their "homeland", but they were on the wrong side.  Not because they lost, but because their side started a war for the wrong reasons.

Whether it be a colonial overlord across the Atlantic or a government a few hundred miles north, it was the same issue at hand to the southern states. The reason is the same, the catalyst is what was different.

Also, the South maintains the North started the war. Not saying one way or the other, but in their perspective Lincoln initiated the war by sending in supply ships to Sumter. Had he not done that, then the CSA would have just peacefully seceded.