[NeBlis]

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I'm not even sure what you want me to concede.

If you want me to concede that the states had a right to secede under the US constitution, then fine. I never claimed otherwise. I think you are talking about rights and I am talking about Rights with a capital R.

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Well ... Since it is a fact that secession was a right that states (or any group) have. And it is a fact that the confederates did not secede over slavery. And the fact that slavery was legal and accepted throughout the union. And that it is a fact that the emancipation proclamation was nothing more that a political ploy

He probably wants you to concede that the civil war was fought over Union aggression and imperialism NOT slavery.