johnny cash - the night they drove old dixie down

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[johncashrocks221]

John is a true American and Southerner

[UBERMonkeyButtface]

Hey guys... did you know the South whupped the tar out of the North for the first half of the war? Why? Because all the northern generals were about as dumb as a piece of wood. It wasn't until attrition came into play that the North started winning. That, and Abe decided to step in. Also, first Republican President freed the slaves. First black President is a Democrat.

Irony, thy name is politics. *whistles Dixie and walks away*

[MrDavkoz]

God bless you Johnny Cash. You were more than a country or folk singer.....you were and will always be an American icon

[bobbyperrault2]

@labonneruerouge ohh shit sorry man that was meant to be sent to someone else sorry

[labonneruerouge]

@bobbyperrault2 Was that supposed to prove some kind of point?

[bobbyperrault2]

@labonneruerouge the slaves wernt freed until half way through the war dumb ass

[labonneruerouge]

@bobbyperrault2 that's my point...

[bobbyperrault2]

@labonneruerouge plantation was the center of the southern economy but the thing about it all was that most southerns were too poor to own slaves and yes i took American history

[bobbyperrault2]

@labonneruerouge the south was not founded on slavery. very little southerns could afford a slave.

[kelvinkloud]

morally north had high ground but only as lincoln injected eman procl/gtty addr/2nd inaug adress, 2-4 yrs into war. at start, hands of north werent clean. theyd industrially profited off slave cotton & imposed crippling tarriffs on south wh/ benefited the north factories & railroads indust westward. Hence lincolng concluding all the blood was divine judgement on BOTH sides... Cash captures this b/c the avg poor white southerner fighting fought for pride of land & was left w/ sorrow & destitute.

[kelvinkloud]

many of you miss the point of this song. You're caught up analzying its meaning from todays view, when it was made to enlighten you to the mindset of a southerner THEN & the universal pain all feel who have to go thru war & its devasting effects... If your determined to focus on the political element, then at least put it in reference to those times. most southerners didnt own slaves & most of the soldiers saw it as trying to protect their lands from an invading indust power. continued next pg->