@tntkoren but who knows, maybe he did repent later on

The confederate flag’s purpose is a bit of a stretch

I feel like Lee thought they could’ve won in the early stages so that’s why he joined the South

It does symbolize disapproval of not listening to popular sovereignty except they didn’t listen for a reason

I mean shit, the entire, objective cause of the civil war was slavery itself

I mean that’s why the “Don’t tread on me” flag is a thing

@𝒫𝓇ℯ𝓈𝒾𝒹ℯ𝓃𝓉 no

What flag is that? Isn’t it the snake thing?

Uh, yeah?

Means the same thing as Dixie flag but kinda watered down

Yes it’s the snake flag

The cause of the civil war was slavery

@𝒫𝓇ℯ𝓈𝒾𝒹ℯ𝓃𝓉 you’re forgetting a whole bunch of policies, and the main thing was actually states rights

A states right to what?

Yeah, states’ rights to own slaves

Christianity isn’t based off of works, it’s based off of faith, and yes your works reflect it, but you can still go to heaven and be a general in the confederacy, but to be clear, lee didn’t support slavery, tho many others in the confederacy did, and it was the main reason of the war in the first place, and it is why I don’t support the confederacy

slavery was not popular at all

states general rights

It kinda was

They were afraid that their right to own slaves was taken away. Slavery wasn’t popular but it was the southern American dream. That’s why everyone supported it.

The poor whites wanted slavery so they could feel better in some way

everyone did not support slavery man

They wanted to one day perhaps own a slave or two. 3/4 of southern Americans

Not everyone, but most

Well not EVERYONE but a good portion

Just as some northerners supported slavery

Not everyone did, but it was the main reason behind the war

Thank you

Sorry meant to type not everyone did

It absolutely was, and I’m willing to debate anyone who thinks otherwise

Respectfully tho, I don’t want this to be heated so

of course

and i disagree

And besides after the Gettysburg address and Lincoln’s second inaugurations speech, the main focus was slavery at that point

Why though? What do you think the cause was then?

i don’t think the main goal of the civil war was JUST slavery

Well not just slavery but it was one of the biggest issues

It depends on what we're talking about.

It wasn’t just slavery, but slavery was the biggest issue and cause that the confederate army was fighting to keep legal

Well slavery was like a trampoline, but it was the trampoline that caused the jump for the civil war and led to the anger that the north and south felt for each other which perpetuated it more

the tipping point of the election of abraham lincoln, and the states seceded after that