Reply #6: Woodrow [View All]

You and I agree, of course. But this argument gets no traction with the guys who write these kinds of letters. Who knows how accurately they portray the motives of their great-great-long-since-dead relatives, but if one considers that not all soldiers fight because of the political policies of their commanders (witness present-day Iraq), their argument that their ancestors did not fight for slavery cannot be dismissed on its face.

A far better argument, one that does seem to get through, as acknowledged in the first letter above, is that the CF has been and is used as a symbol of intimidation. It's easier to create a chink in the armor when discussing this to focus on what the CF means to most people TODAY!