tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post1207246381259567846..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: Let's Not ReconsiderJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-77213487889579564062010-10-14T15:11:44.720-04:002010-10-14T15:11:44.720-04:00What we need is a well-done blockbuster movie, wit...What we need is a well-done blockbuster movie, with very hot people on the Union side, to do it.<br /><br />How about Russell Crowe as U. S. Grant and Angelina Jolie as his wife? Or better yet, as Lee's frustrated wife who finds bliss in the arms of the bluecoat general.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08993570411881726772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-20559667805226236062010-10-14T14:21:24.816-04:002010-10-14T14:21:24.816-04:00True, but I think a major effort to correct neo-Co...True, but I think a major effort to correct neo-Confederatism would just lead to another loud and angry public debate and not change anyone's mind.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-10707967473829837442010-10-14T13:32:42.212-04:002010-10-14T13:32:42.212-04:00On the one hand, I'm glad I don't live in ...On the one hand, I'm glad I don't live in a country where to be an idealist is to obsess over the Drogheda massacre or how to get Abkhazia or Hebron back. On the other, Americans do have a tendency toward historical complacency, especially where a) slavery and the Confederacy and b) the seriousness of military adventurism are concerned. The ongoing and general conviction that the Confederates were a species of Robin Hood is especially wrong, pernicious, and annoying.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08993570411881726772noreply@blogger.com