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In principal I agree with some of your points

1. "while all men should be free, it is not right to kill a white man to set a black man free"

2. "if you wish to get us "non-believers" to listen to you, it won't be by vitriolic and insulting verbiage"

Your last one, a summation of an eulogy...

"Ole Winney didn't call him a craven coward and appeasement flunkey but instead said that everything Chamberlain had done, was done with the best will and sincerity with no thought whatsoever of personal gain or advantage to himself. May that be said of all of us"

...is okay for being nice to the feelings of the immediate family, close friends or to shore up political foundations but history is not nice. History is about truth and fact, good or bad, point or counter point, to learn from our mistakes and successes. If a historical figure did something improper or made mistakes I would hope that we would not bar it from the table of scrutiny just to be nice.

Although I believe your intentions were good I think your post may, with good reason, may put some on the defensive.

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