tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117033.post5180603281844969049..comments2024-01-15T20:15:13.053-08:00Comments on Saberpoint: Did Lincoln Deliberately Instigate War at Fort Sumter? Yes, He Did.Stogiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05852841950131130696noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117033.post-46603823253431405212015-07-01T14:28:37.071-07:002015-07-01T14:28:37.071-07:00Stop trying to link the Confederate flag with the ...Stop trying to link the Confederate flag with the KKK. Stop the hate-the-South propaganda. The KKK is a tiny minority.Stogie Chomperhttp://saberpoint.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117033.post-76435160564993093062015-07-01T13:14:47.466-07:002015-07-01T13:14:47.466-07:00What's your argument, Stogie? Has the KKK misa...What's your argument, Stogie? Has the KKK misappropriated the Confederate flag? Serious question.DonaldDouglasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117033.post-36893878653332461482015-06-30T19:34:11.379-07:002015-06-30T19:34:11.379-07:00Go away Donald. You get nasty when you have been ...Go away Donald. You get nasty when you have been defeated in argument.Stogie Chomperhttp://saberpoint.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117033.post-27063566705009588072015-06-30T13:11:45.338-07:002015-06-30T13:11:45.338-07:00So, you're happy to ally with the KKK to defen...So, you're happy to ally with the KKK to defend Southern heritage. The Klan is standing up for the right to fly the flag over the statehouse in S.C. If it were me I'd be denouncing the racist asshats. But you have no word about it. Instead you say I'm a deluded Northern apologist. Who's smearing whom?DonaldDouglasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117033.post-62892732341100209412015-06-30T04:03:42.018-07:002015-06-30T04:03:42.018-07:00Don't know.Don't know.Roger Glassnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117033.post-41903058839096091902015-06-29T23:02:15.941-07:002015-06-29T23:02:15.941-07:00Did Toombs make this statement before or after Lin...Did Toombs make this statement before or after Lincoln moved to reprovision the fort?Stogie Chomperhttp://saberpoint.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117033.post-18913248831327323502015-06-29T23:01:04.622-07:002015-06-29T23:01:04.622-07:00The historical revisionism is all on your side, Do...The historical revisionism is all on your side, Donald. You Northern apologists have been lying about the facts for 150 years. I know you would be thrilled if only the Klan supported the flag, then your prejudices would be confirmed.Stogie Chomperhttp://saberpoint.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117033.post-89583867629439828962015-06-29T20:07:30.858-07:002015-06-29T20:07:30.858-07:00Stogie, I guess the KKK's not participating in...Stogie, I guess the KKK's not participating in your historical revisionism. They're going right for the Southern heritage I've been talking about. See: "Ku Klux Klan to Rally for the Confederate Flag at South Carolina Statehouse." <br /><br />http://americanpowerblog.blogspot.com/2015/06/ku-klux-klan-to-rally-for-confederate.htmlDonaldDouglasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22117033.post-32045570167820889372015-06-29T18:03:05.497-07:002015-06-29T18:03:05.497-07:00As I said, not a Civil War expert, merely an enthu...As I said, not a Civil War expert, merely an enthusiast. But I had always wondered, what if the South had just done a gandhi - "Yes we've seceded, no need to fight, don't want to talk about it anymore, fingers in our ears, la-la-la-la-la, can't hear you." What could Lincoln have done? Subdued the entire region with a 16,000 man standing army, already overstrained from trying to protect the frontier? Raised a mighty new host with the clarion call, "Men of Union! Southward to Glory, for the Duties, Imposts, and Excises!"<br /><br />So I had always thought Sumter a huge blunder. Then I chanced upon this statement by Confederate Secretary of State Toombs to President Davis, concerning the attack:<br /><br />"Mr. President, at this time it is suicide, murder, and will lose us <br />every friend at the North. You will wantonly strike a hornet's nest <br />which extends from mountain to ocean, and legions now quiet will swarm <br />out and sting us to death. It is unnecessary; it puts us in the wrong; <br />it is fatal."Roger Glassnoreply@blogger.com