I guess the point I'm flirting with without saying is the south was "officially" motivated by population base of north pushing them around via federal rulings targeting them, while the north offically struck sentiment with abolishing slavery... Both were dishonest.
The south had already passed laws to sunset slavery. The north was only impacting the rich folks in the south.
If you compare, if you can, to the European front of the second world war, and consider the German aggression that spawned it, you've got to figure that there was something that incited the German people... Some "call to arms" that is based on emotion but is wildly dishonest to tje actual catalysts. Something motivated millions of people, who by simple odds cant all be bad, to kill each other.
Its like a massive on a scale unimaginable bar fight. One side wants to explain to the authorities in the aftermath how "right" they were and how terrible their opponent is, when quite simply both sides are wrong. Or when one side thinks theyre just SO Damn right it justifies horrific acts on the other to justify getting even quicker or something.
It aint black and white near as much as you or me or anyone wants it to be...
Those people in Wyoming lost a lot, whether they were right wrong or indifferent... Same for folks in the south and in the north a decade prior to American Indian wars.
And its all about greed more often than it isn't.
I like to live in my comfortable view, but.... If a person honestly takes a while to write in opposition to their views and in support of their opposition, that person can start to see their position.
