Primary assertion: Kentucky is a southern state because some retarded Tennessee organization asked for a license plate that says some stupid shit about the confederacy on it.
The argument has already been won yesterday. Now we're just piling on you for lulz like we did with merlin after the Seal Team Six stuff. But much like a japanese soldier, abandoned on some pacific island for 30 years, you still think the war is going on.
The point wasnt whether you rejected it or not. The point was that you have residents who have enough clout for this to get this far, and for it to become national news. I dont think you're getting the nature of this entire argument at all, bro.
That's dumb because anyone with money can apply for a license plate, and the CSA is a Tennesse based organization. It was rejected.
States and parties aren't really comparable entities to begin with, one is a mutating thing, the other has clearly defined borders and encompasses a particular region or geographic space with a population that tends to be defined by its historical forebears.
If Kentuckians dont want to be tied to slavery, why is the whole state awash in Confederate flags, symbolism, etc? Why do 9 out of 10 Kentuckians consider themselves a part of the South, fully aware of the racial implications with that association?
No one is seriously making the argument that Kentuckians were complicit in slavery (although they were to a significant degree). The argument being made is that culturally Kentucky is part of the Southern culture based on traditions, customs and lifestyles. There is more to Southern culture than just slavery + racism but you're too myopic to see that because all you can see is someone smearing Kentucky as a slave state (which it was, but we dont care about that so much in the context of this argument).
Assertion fallacy. Its not.
Every state was complicit in slavery, but the issue is that those who fought to preserve the institution when its end date arrived were the real bad guys. Before that slavery was a cultural phenomena and much like religion it just wasn't seriously questioned except by an extreme minority. It took traction to break apart.
Wrong. The fact that the shadow government got kicked out and was never able to get even a starting foothold in the state is proof that this simply isn't true. Further we contributed significantly more men to the Union than the confederacy. Something like two or three times I believe. I have to go find the numbers again I've seen them somewhere before.
Just like back then, about 2/3rds to 3/4ths of the Kentucky population aligned against "Southern" points of view and another 1/3rd or a quarter of the population sided with the South.
But Hodj, you told us yourself that you're an authority on this subject because you were born there and lived there, and apparently that imbued you with some secret knowledge that all these egghead professors and historians didnt have, BECAUSE THEY WERENT FROM KENTUCKY. (this was an actual argument he attempted yesterday for anyone who is reading out of amusement)
