tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461011.post6986347962138311423..comments2023-10-30T09:25:50.974-04:00Comments on plezWorld: A Jaundiced Eye on Ron Paulplez...http://www.blogger.com/profile/03637930826560736172noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461011.post-32335646999102155902008-01-11T21:19:00.000-05:002008-01-11T21:19:00.000-05:00lotus07,from the lens of Black people, the biggest...lotus07,<BR/><BR/>from the lens of Black people, the biggest issue concerning the whole states' rights debate is about slavery and institutional racism that was established after the civil war.<BR/><BR/>the reason for Black folk support of the strong Federal Government stems from the fact that in the southern states that passed all of those jim crow laws, their only relief came from the federal plez...https://www.blogger.com/profile/03637930826560736172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461011.post-4632155769400710972008-01-11T11:16:00.000-05:002008-01-11T11:16:00.000-05:00My focus is more on the concept of revisionist his...My focus is more on the concept of revisionist history. The Civil War was a turning point in US History where the United States turned from being a loose confederation of independent states with a minimal Federal mandate to one in which the Federal government became the overseer of the states. <BR/><BR/>This isn't something that is stressed in history classes these days. They tend to focus on Bruce Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10898228670873232050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461011.post-39598120473979358992008-01-10T19:42:00.000-05:002008-01-10T19:42:00.000-05:00Lotus07,I think that most of us have a good idea w...Lotus07,<BR/>I think that most of us have a good idea why the Civil War was fought. Lincoln is not blacks folks idol. As some of you revisionist so aptly like to think, and thinking you are saying something when you try to debunk Lincoln.<BR/><BR/>States rights meant the same thing in the early nineteenth century as it did in the 60's during the twentieth century. If the Federal government could Hathorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12657524404057819428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461011.post-22293118368176877782008-01-10T11:20:00.000-05:002008-01-10T11:20:00.000-05:00I gotta make a comment on this whole States Rights...I gotta make a comment on this whole States Rights issue. <BR/><BR/>Abraham Lincoln did not enter into war with the Southern States to end slavery. It was not his primary motivation. I don't believe that most of the 'white' north really had any idealistic view of a liberated south. Prior to the term 'Civil War', the the war between the states was referred to as the 'War for States Rights'. Bruce Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10898228670873232050noreply@blogger.com