Why Changing The Way We See The Civil War Will Help Us Preserve Our Country | Talking Points Memo

Liberals and leftists take shelter in a counteroriginalism that attempts to make equality an unimpeachable American value, despite all the evidence to the contrary.

This article is a great read, an interesting argument for the value of re-thinking the Civil War. This quote stung a little, but mostly because it's true. I do think equality is an American value — I just think we have been very hypocritical about it. But just because historically it hasn't been an actual value doesn't mean that we shouldn't strive to make it one.