You have disqualified yourself from this discussion by pretending that the US Civil War was not at its very root about the right to own slaves. Three of the articles of secession refer to slavery specifically.
When you carry the water for people who lie about these basic facts, you are working against basic truth yourself, so don’t be surprised to be counted among them.
The American Civil War was started by South Carolina with an attack on Fort Sumter very shortly after South Carolina passed its articles of secession. (Source: 7th grade South Carolina history.)
Those are not two distinct events, they are one and the same. The people whose water you’re carrying have been lying to you your entire life and you’re happily helping them with your nonsense.
I did get one thing wrong; it wasn’t the Texas Board of Education that wanted to hide the fact that Texas was a slave state (although several members pushed for "involuntary relocation", which is both offensive and ahistorical). It was the Texas legislature (https://archive.ph/wGe8Z) who wished to hide the fact that the original Texians were illegal immigrants to Mexico who brought their slaves with them against Mexican law and other "inconvenient facts" which, to them, defame the "great state of Texas".
It’s hard to remember exactly which agency in Texas is responsible for the most outrageous statements, since they’re all Republican outrage monsters these days, so I think I can be forgiven that one small error.
You have disqualified yourself from this discussion by pretending that the US Civil War was not at its very root about the right to own slaves. Three of the articles of secession refer to slavery specifically.
When you carry the water for people who lie about these basic facts, you are working against basic truth yourself, so don’t be surprised to be counted among them.
You are moving the goal posts. The Civil War and secession are two distinct events. Nice try though.
When you can't make an actual argument distract.
The American Civil War was started by South Carolina with an attack on Fort Sumter very shortly after South Carolina passed its articles of secession. (Source: 7th grade South Carolina history.)
Those are not two distinct events, they are one and the same. The people whose water you’re carrying have been lying to you your entire life and you’re happily helping them with your nonsense.
I did get one thing wrong; it wasn’t the Texas Board of Education that wanted to hide the fact that Texas was a slave state (although several members pushed for "involuntary relocation", which is both offensive and ahistorical). It was the Texas legislature (https://archive.ph/wGe8Z) who wished to hide the fact that the original Texians were illegal immigrants to Mexico who brought their slaves with them against Mexican law and other "inconvenient facts" which, to them, defame the "great state of Texas".
It’s hard to remember exactly which agency in Texas is responsible for the most outrageous statements, since they’re all Republican outrage monsters these days, so I think I can be forgiven that one small error.
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