re: Civil War Confederate veteran interview

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And I'm explaining the reality of what international negotiations look like, you moron. If Party A has something Party B wants, Party B must have something that Party A wants of equal or greater value in order to gain that concession. This is so fundamental that I'm not sure why you are involving how international settlements are negotiated. I'm not giving an opinion on the matter either.

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You’re getting yourself worked up arguing over nonsense. I was not passing judgment, good or bad, on the South’s efforts to find a negotiated settlement to the question of federal forts. You seem to be under the impression I was trying to make a case that they were “right”. That was never my intention. I simply stated the fact of what they were doing and why they were doing it from their perspective. I did the same with Lincoln and why he made the choices he made.

You’re getting mad and pitching a hissy fit thinking I’m an apologist for the Confederacy. I am not. However, nor do I allow my modern day biases cloud my judgment to the point I refuse to understand their actions and the motivations that lead to those actions. By gaining understanding that does not mean I either personally approve it disapprove as though I’m watching a hero vs villain movies. I do not seek understanding in order to either support or not support the confederacy. I seek understanding for the sake of knowledge and to understand how the war came to be.

I feel though you lack the mental capacity to view anything from a detached viewpoint so I am wasting my time with you.