Cannot think of a name wrote:Ucropi wrote:Just posting to remind you folks that Lincoln didn't free the slaves because he was a good person. He freed them to cripple the South's agricultural based economy. No slaves = no cotton = no money for food/weapons/medical supplies.
So...what you're saying is that after the war started and the South had seceded Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation to cripple the South because even though at this point the South had already separated from the Union and began fighting they would all go, "Shit, Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. We have to let the slaves go now. Damn Yankees!" Is that what you're peddling? In what way does this loop-de-loop logic exonerate the flag from its association?
Don't be ridiculous, CTOAN. Obviously the slaves in the Union were contributing to the agricultural based economy of the South. Long distance farming is a thing, right? Like, you don't need the slaves to actually be in your fields to pick the cotton there, they can do it online or something.