If you really want to slam the lid on that dumb argument, start pulling up the Civil War era state constitutions of those Southern states. Nearly all of them START by talking about how Slavery is integral to their state.

They can try to claim it wasn't about slavery now, but back then, it was clearly the primary reason - in their own state constitutions.

It's also here in The Declaration of Causes of Seceding States, which is essentially the Confederate Declaration of Independence. They make it VERY clear that the problem is the North trying to abolish slavery. At one point they whine that the North gets help from the Federal government, while they get no help at all, Waaaah!

Sherman didn't burn enough of the South, and we NEVER should have let them choose their own educational curriculum. In the non-MAGA future, education will be Federal, and states won't have a choice. We gave them over a 100 years to introduce a responsible curriculum for our children, and many states used that opportunity to undermine our Nation's security. That must end. 2+2=4, and CAT spells cat in every state in the Union. We don't need 50 separate school curriculums. The money saved with that alone, could provide every public schoolkid with free breakfast and lunch every day.