Is this political correctness run amok?

[J. Beckert]

If we kowtow to every bleeding heart cause that's offended by the Stars & Bars, the name of a football team or whatever else the latest PC whim is - we're doomed. The CSA is part of our history. The differing views about what this country should be brought about the war where a brother tried to pierce a brother's heart. Nathan Forrest fought as valiantly (and more so) for the cause he believed in as much as any northern soldier and after enlisting as a Private, he retired as a Lt. Gen. who admonished his men to extinguish any resentment they had and live as good citizens who obeyed their country's laws. It was a different time with different mores. We have to understand that- not apologize for it. As the war drew to a close, Lincoln said it was time to "bind up the nation's wounds". He could have easily had his vengeance and laid a heavy hand down, but he chose to let the elephant he had by the hind leg run. Lincoln's benevolent attitude was blatant on the morning of the day he was shot when he told his son that Gen. Lee had a fine face and was a noble and brave man. If Lincoln thought this way about an enemy, we should extend the same benevolent hand and not demonize our fellow Americans that had a different point of view that was tempered by their times.