re: LeVar Burton shocked to discover he's descended from a Confederate soldier

i wasn't saying slavery didn't cause secession. going down that line of reasoning is always stupid to me. of course it's always over slavery.

i'm saying that the north wanting to take away slavery via the federal route without the south having any say in it is why they did secede.

not directing this at you, but people spend too much time arguing the morality of slavery for the reason as opposed to somebody in NYC getting to tell somebody in Alabama what they can do.

if the south had all the voting power now and managed to outlaw public transportation and multitenant housing, the north would be in an uproar, rightfully so.

we are ok with the outcome because we mostly agree with the moral results