tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post3459325186346830362..comments2024-03-14T11:50:14.761-04:00Comments on DarwinCatholic: When Losers Write HistoryDarwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-54691487644669676312012-12-02T16:14:47.073-05:002012-12-02T16:14:47.073-05:00Crude,
Yeah, I think there's a certain amount...Crude,<br /><br />Yeah, I think there's a certain amount to that view. Darwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-53235898888085603982012-11-30T22:04:35.107-05:002012-11-30T22:04:35.107-05:00I'm tempted to add your your observations, I&#...I'm tempted to add your your observations, I've long questioned whether it's correct to say that the Allies won WW2 in the sense people usually mean it - namely, 'The Bad People were stopped, and the Good People won.'<br /><br />I suppose one simplified way to put it (knowing it's an oversimplification, but still) would be this: Poland's invasion was in large part the trigger of World War II. Where did Poland end up after World War II?Crudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04178390947423928444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-63675122079697256512012-11-30T17:46:25.701-05:002012-11-30T17:46:25.701-05:00Yeah, I think he simplifies a fair amount in re Jo...Yeah, I think he simplifies a fair amount in re Johnson -- someone who Lincoln chose as a running mate because he had less interest in the abolitionist cause than Lincoln did. That line of discussion also ignores the difference between "punishing" the South (in which there was certainly some interest) and enforcing civil and voting rights (which by some was seen as punishment, but that's part of the problem.)<br /><br />Also, on a completely tangential point, I think Coates probably misses a lot about the 19th century idea of honor when he claims that Jefferson Davis was different than John Wilkes Booth only in that Davis was willing to kill half a million people while Booth killed one. Coates may not agree with 19th century mores, but waging war was, I think pretty clearly, seen as an honorable activity in a way that engaging in political assassination was not.Darwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572976822786862149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13522238.post-43464106044099204362012-11-30T16:55:55.248-05:002012-11-30T16:55:55.248-05:00I think that Coates is being a little dishonest in...I think that Coates is being a little dishonest in saying that because Johnson's posture was not unforgiving that the trouble that followed had nothing to do with the "perpetuation of alienation."<br /><br />Johnson was impeached over his generous Reconstruction policies. The radical Republicans had a real desire to punish the South for the rebellion. The beginning of Reconstruction is marked by power struggles between Congress and the President. Southerners knew which way the wind was blowing.<br /><br />Now that's not to excuse the Klan or any of the terrible things that followed, but it is not like the South was welcomed back with open arms and all would have been fine if not for the perfidious Southerners. There's lots of blame to go all around.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12507330852895229468noreply@blogger.com