There is, unfortunately, a rather vocal group of people in the US who like to put about the idea that the country was founded as a Christian country. They keep repeating it, and, since they repeat it loudly enough and often enough, there are plenty of people who believe it.
As well, of course it wasn't a civil war. We had one of those between the North and the South. We fought a war for independence from England. Totally a different thing. Yeah. Sure.
Fair enough, but it was my impression (and correct me if I'm wrong) that the OP was asking what the difference was between 'traitors' then and now.
One of the things that I'd like to know in general is why we think it's a good thing to teach our kids the (to my knowledge untrue) story that the US won its independence because we hid behind rocks and trees and things like smart people, while the British troops all marched in straight lines and conducted themselves honorably. I mean, isn't that what those damn, dirty terr'ists do?
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Date: 2007-06-15 06:21 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-06-15 06:26 pm (UTC)DUH.
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Date: 2007-06-16 04:31 am (UTC)As well, of course it wasn't a civil war. We had one of those between the North and the South. We fought a war for independence from England. Totally a different thing. Yeah. Sure.
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Date: 2007-06-16 04:41 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-06-16 06:32 am (UTC)One of the things that I'd like to know in general is why we think it's a good thing to teach our kids the (to my knowledge untrue) story that the US won its independence because we hid behind rocks and trees and things like smart people, while the British troops all marched in straight lines and conducted themselves honorably. I mean, isn't that what those damn, dirty terr'ists do?
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Date: 2007-06-16 04:13 pm (UTC)