Thread:High Prince Imrahil/@comment-26210095-20160718114659/@comment-26295802-20160718194722

Maltalidenta Kwuitidherali wrote:

High Prince Imrahil wrote: But that's my point. An organization, a cause, is made of the people that comprise it. And the people that comprised The Confederacy were a mixed bag. Were some of them racists who were fighting for slavery? Of course. Were some of them noble people fighting for their homes and families? Yes. I fully admit that that flag has had it's fair share of racism over the years. But my point is that, like the nation it stands for, it's a mixed bag. It stands for racism to some, but to others, it stands for freedom and independence from tyranny. My point is not to say that The South was a bunch of saints that believed in racial equality and got a bad rep, my point is to say that they were a mixed bag, and by extension, so was The Confederacy. Well, it was a mixed bag in terms of the people. Those who held power over it, however, the rich landowners, weren't. Oh really? Men like Johnston and Lee were also "rich landowners" but I think I could easily make a case for their morality.