Just remind me..

[kentonio]

After a day of watching documentaries on Reconstruction, why didn't Sherman just finish the job and wipe out the rest of the racist scum in the South? Seriously, the endless list of terrorist acts, racist murder and evil that those ****ers perpetrated should have led to a scorched earth policy. Maybe then blacks wouldn't have had to suffer another century of vicious oppression by those ****s.

Learned some new stuff about the Lowry war though which was pretty cool.

[Docfeelgood]

[kentonio]

Oh dear, is the little racist sleepy?

[Uncle Sparky]

They would have still spilled some good Yankee blood if they continued. A few 'h-bombs' would have ended things quicker.

Happy?

[Sava]

It would have solved a lot of problems. If the confederacy survived, it probably would've allied with Hitler.

[MichaeltheGreat]

After a day of watching documentaries on Reconstruction, why didn't Sherman just finish the job and wipe out the rest of the racist scum in the South? Seriously, the endless list of terrorist acts, racist murder and evil that those ****ers perpetrated should have led to a scorched earth policy. Maybe then blacks wouldn't have had to suffer another century of vicious oppression by those ****s.

Learned some new stuff about the Lowry war though which was pretty cool.

Sherman didn't give a ****. He wasn't motivated by human rights, he was motivated by a utilitarian approach to ending the war. He scorched as much earth as was conducive to going from point A to point B in an expeditious manner, and that was it.

[Alexander's Horse]

Sherman is considered the first modern general.

[kentonio]

Sherman didn't give a ****. He wasn't motivated by human rights, he was motivated by a utilitarian approach to ending the war. He scorched as much earth as was conducive to going from point A to point B in an expeditious manner, and that was it.

Yeah, I phrased that badly, it should have been 'why wasn't Sherman sent to finish the job'.

[SlowwHand]

It would have solved a lot of problems. If the confederacy survived, it probably would've allied with Hitler.

Dumbass.

[kentonio]

Dumbass.

Racial supremacists who controlled their society through violence and intimidation, seems a fairly good fit.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Yeah, I phrased that badly, it should have been 'why wasn't Sherman sent to finish the job'.

He had to get ready for his kick upstairs so he could be in charge of murdering Indians.

[MrFun]

Dumbass.

What? White supremacist-based nations tend to embrace one another.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Yeah, I phrased that badly, it should have been 'why wasn't Sherman sent to finish the job'.

Because neither Lincoln nor Johnson who came after him wanted to burn all the bridges (so to speak). Also Johnson wanted to be all friends with the rich white Southerners who he envied when he was a Congressman.

[Dr Strangelove]

Sherman didn't give a ****. He wasn't motivated by human rights, he was motivated by a utilitarian approach to ending the war. He scorched as much earth as was conducive to going from point A to point B in an expeditious manner, and that was it.

This forum really, really, really needs a "I'm with stupid" smilie.

[Dr Strangelove]

Sherman is considered the first modern general.

They left out a lot in your history classes didn't they? Did you forget what the Romans did to Carthage? What the Visigoths did to Ravenna? What the Vandals did to Rome? What the Mongols did to Babylon? What the Catholics did to northern Germany? What the Swedes did to southern Germany? What the British did to the Gangetic plains?