Obama On VA Confederate History Month: Omission Of Slavery 'Unacceptable'

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President Obama, in an interview for Good Morning America, said the omission of slavery from a Virginia proclamation dubbing April "Confederate History Month" was "unacceptable," but pointed out that Gov. Bob McDonnell ® had acknowledged and fixed the omission.

"I'm a big history buff. And I think that understanding the history of the Confederacy and understanding the history of the Civil War is something that every American and every young American should, should be a part of," Obama said. "Now, I don't think you can understand the Confederacy and the Civil War unless you understand slavery. And so, I think that was an unacceptable omission. I think the governor's now acknowledged that."

"And I think it's just a reminder that when we talk about issues like slavery that are so fraught with pain and emotion, that we'd better do so thinking through how this is going to affect a lot of people," he continued. "And their sense of whether they're part of a commonwealth or part of our broader society."

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I find it unacceptable to that it was omitted, glad to see they fixed it.

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I find it unacceptable to that it was omitted, glad to see they fixed it.

You are a man of integrity.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Is it okay to talk about Woodrow Wilson without mentioning the fact he was a dyed in the wool racist? Is it okay to talk about Robert Byrd without mentioning the fact that he was an exalted cyclops in the KKK?

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Is it okay to talk about Woodrow Wilson without mentioning the fact he was a dyed in the wool racist? Is it okay to talk about Robert Byrd without mentioning the fact that he was an exalted cyclops in the KKK?

Slavery was not an incidental, side issue when it comes to the Civil War. You know this.

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Slavery was not an incidental, side issue when it comes to the Civil War. You know this.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Slavery was not an incidental, side issue when it comes to the Civil War. You know this.

So, Wilson's and Byrd's history are just "incidental"? ...to what? That there is no contradiction between racists and Progressives? Careful how you answer that one.

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So, Wilson's and Byrd's history are just "incidental"? ...to what? That there is no contradiction between racists and Progressives? Careful how you answer that one.

I will answer it. You think you throw up clever comments, but they are designed to detract from your over all bent as a right wing zealot. Your diatribe and diversion regarding Wilson and Byrd do not contribute to the OP, which is pretty standard for your course.

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President Obama, in an interview for Good Morning America, said the omission of slavery from a Virginia proclamation dubbing April "Confederate History Month" was "unacceptable," but pointed out that Gov. Bob McDonnell ® had acknowledged and fixed the omission.

"I'm a big history buff. And I think that understanding the history of the Confederacy and understanding the history of the Civil War is something that every American and every young American should, should be a part of," Obama said. "Now, I don't think you can understand the Confederacy and the Civil War unless you understand slavery. And so, I think that was an unacceptable omission. I think the governor's now acknowledged that."

"And I think it's just a reminder that when we talk about issues like slavery that are so fraught with pain and emotion, that we'd better do so thinking through how this is going to affect a lot of people," he continued. "And their sense of whether they're part of a commonwealth or part of our broader society."

Sounds like Obama is all for "confederate Month", just needs to have a Slavery component.....which it now does.

Q: DO you agree with Obama?

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I will answer it. You think you throw up clever comments, but they are designed to detract from your over all bent as a right wing zealot. Your diatribe and diversion regarding Wilson and Byrd do not contribute to the OP, which is pretty standard for your course.

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Sounds like Obama is all for "confederate Month", just needs to have a Slavery component.....which it now does.

Q: DO you agree with Obama?

Yes. Without it it would be like discussing WWII and leaving out the dropping of atomic bombs, the holocaust, and any mention there were casualties suffered by anybody i.e. pretty worthless.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I will answer it. You think you throw up clever comments, but they are designed to detract from your over all bent as a right wing zealot. Your diatribe and diversion regarding Wilson and Byrd do not contribute to the OP, which is pretty standard for your course.

The only zealots I see are the sanctimonious members on the left, that think such is of any importance at all. It seems it is more important not to offend the sensibilities of frail minorities, than to pay attention to the lessons of history, and to learn from them.

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The only zealots I see are the sanctimonious members on the left, that think such is of any importance at all. It seems it is more important not to offend the sensibilities of frail minorities, than to pay attention to the lessons of history, and to learn from them.

You seem to not have learned much beyond what you learned on Faux for the day. Accusations of being a lefty to every right wing baiting comment you make is getting pretty old. You should shoot an email to Glen and get some advice on how to regurgitate propaganda without appearing to do so so painfully obviously and with such monotonous regularity.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

You seem to not have learned much beyond what you learned on Faux for the day. Accusations of being a lefty to every right wing baiting comment you make is getting pretty old. You should shoot an email to Glen and get some advice on how to regurgitate propaganda without appearing to do so so painfully obviously and with such monotonous regularity.

If the shoe fits.. or are you still in denial?

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Slavery was not an incidental, side issue when it comes to the Civil War. You know this.

what you know of the civil war is what any whitewashed late 20th century teacher or writer would teach an indian immigrant. it is far from the truth. if you want to understand what really happened you need to read period histories and debates of the day. histories remained generally unbiased and accurate until the beginning of the 20th century.

period writers do not discuss slavery as a precipitant cause of the civil war. they discuss unbalanced taxation that economically disempowered the south, which was rapidly enriching in the first half of the 19th century. unreasonable export taxes on tobacco, cotton, sugar were levied, while the north's manufactured goods were allowed to be exported with little or no tariff. these taxes were passed between 1830 and 1855.

slavery was primarily for household servant use until the 1820's. slaves just weren't good for much else. tobacco growers had tried to use them, but tobacco work requires a quality assesment that can't be measured by the bushel, so had to be done by motivated workers.

when an inventor came up with a machine that could remove the seeds from cotton bloom in the 1820's many tobacco growers shifted from tobacco to cotton. clothing had generally been made of flax before, as cotton was too expensive for the common man to wear with the seeds being picked out by hand. most of the slaves in US were imported between 1820 and 1850, but by then slavery was already on it's way out. new cotton planting and picking machinery began to appear on the field by 1850 that was much more economical to use than slaves.

slavery did not become a significant factor until lincoln ran out of money to fund his army in early 1863. he knew the north was going to lose if he didn't round up some money fast, so he cut a deal to allow him to retain his army, which was serving on 90 day contracts in recognition of wages paid. at that time he began to receive donations from industrialists in the NE who viewed a freed slave population potential as ultra-cheap labour. the gettysburg address was written and given to acknowledge lincoln's debt to these industrialists.

learn before you write.