can /pol/ explain to me, a non american why the confederates were "bad" or any worse than the founding fathers of america? > in 1776 slave owning, traitorous aristocrats secede from their home nation and decide to create their own nation > this is seen as good, is celebrated, and is seen as a truimph for freedom and democracy > in 1861 slave owning, traitorous aristocrats secede from their home nation and decide to create their own nation > this is seen as the worst thing ever why is it like this? i still haven't received a coherent explanation as to why slave owning aristocrats fighting against their mother country is good in one scenario but bad in another > inb4 the american revolutionaries fought for freedom the american whigs fought against their government because they weren't allowed to genocide red indians and because catholics in quebec were given equal rights. they were whigs of the 18th century not the hippy dippy liberals that post 1960 america has tried to portray them as. the confederates were just continuing on with that radical whig tradition of self governance > y-you're a southerner i'm british. i support both the 1776 revolution and the 1861 revolution
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