I hear many people debate the meaning of the Civil War. Some say it was about slavery others say states rights.
My question is if the Civil War was about states rights how can the Confederate Flag be offensive.
Simple answers what was the reason for the Civil War, and is the Confederate Flag offensive?
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Because it wasn't about State's rights.
It was about slavery.
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No.
What it stands for to some people is offensive.
It itself is just a symbol for whatever people project on it.
Saying the civil war is not about slavery is like saying pancakes are not about flour. Try leaving it out and see what you cook up.
Anonymous
The Civil War was America's bloodiest conflict. The unprecedented violence of battles such as Shiloh, Antietam, Stones River, and Gettysburg shocked citizens and international observers alike. Nearly as many men died in captivity during the Civil War as were killed in the whole of the Vietnam War. Hundreds of thousands died of disease. Roughly 2% of the population, an estimated 620,000 men, lost their lives in the line of duty. Taken as a percentage of today's population, the toll would have risen as high as 6 million souls.
The Civil war was an incredible waste of human lives, like most wars.
Surely slavery would have ended without this conflict. It was an idea who's time had passed.
Rather than kill 2% of the population surely abolitionists could have achieved their goals through peaceful means.
NikS
If you believe the civil war was solely about slavery, you would be wrong. At the time, it was about bringing the two countries together, to form what we know today - the north also had slavery, lots of it - so the war was not just about slavery
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Its only offensive to idiots
It was about states rights, which included slavery