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Oh, I should add that besides what clearly looks like indulging in Lost Cause fantasy, DiLorenzo’s posts also clearly indicate the supposed offense that his comments are giving to “liberventionist” bogey-men as one of the chief motives for putting out the claims that he put out. (“Cackling like a flock of hens,” &c.) So in addition to unthinking pro-Confederate apologetics, it may also serve as a good example of unthinking contrarianism as well.

Stephan: ‘Pro-Confederacy stuff? I’m not aware of much of this . . . Palmer’s libel of Lew Rockwell et al. notwithstanding, there is not “fetish” over the “Confederacy” at LewRockwell.com. Palmer insists on labeling those who oppose Lincoln’s war as neo-Confederate apologists for slavery.’

Stephan, what do you think about Tom DiLorenzo’s recent post on LRC blog, nominating pro-slavery, anti-secession statist warrior Robert E. Lee for the top of his list of “greatest Americans”? Or his decision to lie about Lee’s role in the emancipation of his father-in-law’s slaves? Or his follow-up suggestion of pro-slavery, pro-conscription, anti-secession Jeff Davis for the state of Mississippi? How about his repeated false claims that Lincoln “introduced” conscription in 1863, “for the first time ever”, as an “unprecedented coercive measure”, etc. without ever once mentioning that Jefferson Davis and the Confederacy implemented a national draft more than a year before the Union?

If these don’t seem like indications of a fetish for the Confederacy and its leaders, which sometimes overcomes respect for documented historical fact, on the part of a prolific author at LewRockwell.com, what do they seem like to you?