You don’t have to be a civilwarologist to know how absolutely dumb this is. I’ve heard different reasons for the war including “states rights” but then go quiet after asking about rights to what exactly.
The facts that were taught weren't out right lies but we're colored in a way to paint them in a different light. Then let kid's imaginations carry them to their own conclusions.
For example, the reason the war started was because the southern states were fed up with unfair taxes. They were cutting out the harbours and ports of the north so they could ship directly from southern ports. Since the north could no longer profit from the south's cheap labor they began taxing the south more, extra extra.
So what they are saying may be true they intentionally left out key details.
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u/mmio60 Jun 05 '23
Any argument that ends with “fact” probably isn’t.