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Re: I'm confused----again---and here's why!

Ok, I get that Alan. I agree that it‘s not all wrapped up in gold foil and handed to him in that guys statement if I think it through again and again. What I wanted to know is what makes one more 'expert' than another? Then, I figured it out. It’s all an opinion. Nothing more. Just an opinion.

I'm not a huge McPherson fan but I do know he is well versed in the subject as are others. I’m not sure why he’s given top billing at times. Maybe it’s who is paying for his opinion. PBS? Sure, slanted a bit to the North. We aren’t dumb. We can see that. They just think we don’t. Just one of those dumb little ideas that bug me at times.

I do not toss the "not about slavery" idea out because it‘s what I wish to believe, but include it with some others. Of course slavery was a factor, but there was more to it. The “more” part is what is often ignored.
You can stare at spreadsheets with cold hard facts all day long but that is only part of the story. You have to include the human factor in the equation or you will be way off base. One must be able to see two sides to the story or they will get lost in the big puzzle. That is the way life is.
So many people have taken the same information and looked at it and still come up with different views. I guess it's like asking who is the real expert on the war in Iraq? The General at the Pentagon who may not have been there but knows of military matters, or the soldier in the field? Depends on what you want to know.

Pam

P.S.
I really do have a McPherson book in my personal library. Don't tell anyone I said that though.

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