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rolandttg's avatar

You are so right about language, which is why I don't stop telling people to use the term "Civil War" for the War of Succession, and liberals instead of bolsheviks, etc. The key is to have your ready made answer . Called a conspiracy theorist. ? My response, is I didn't know you were a shill for the CIA. And then give them the history of the term. Voter ID is rascist. So you are telling me blacks are too stupid to get an ID? You are an anti semite. No . I have no problem with people with Middle Eastern DNA, You do know that is the definition of a semite, right? It has nothing to do with religion,

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taxpayer's avatar

"War of Succession?" Did you mean "War of Northern Aggression?"

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Calgon, Take Me Away's avatar

Secession. As in, a state seceding from the Union.

And in my family, at least on the feminine side, it was called "The Recent Unpleasantness".

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Tom's avatar

I, too, enjoy calling our entanglements "The Unpleasantness."

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rolandttg's avatar

I use them interchangeably, so yes. that's what my old boss always called it.

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TriTorch's avatar

Hitting the nail right on the head per usual. Thanks roland

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Full Name's avatar

Err, secession?

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rolandttg's avatar

As in "bye", we're leaving the US, as was permitted in the constitution. A civil war is by definition a war between 2 or more factions for control of the central government. The South wanted no parts of the central government, and just wanted to succeed and form their own country.

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Full Name's avatar

My comment was in reply to someone misusing "succession"...

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