I thought you did a fantastic job throughout the documentary.

I am not sure you have to go that far to find people who believe such nonsense.

I think I will rest on my previous comments. I am not sure what else I can say. Seems like we are in agreement.

You said: "If we celebrate the former, let's also vocalize the reality."

I've never suggested otherwise.

I was thinking the former, which is what I thought Wood was referring to as well.

I completely agree that we need to be mindful of the limitations of this nation, but there is also plenty of reason to celebrate and recommit ourselves to the mission outlined at our founding.

Sure, but I don't think Wood would disagree.

I like apples.

"You got that from Vickers, 'Work in Essex County,' page 98, right? Yeah, I read that too. Were you gonna plagiarize the whole thing for us?"

The larger point is that we have no idea where we are along a Civil War timeline. Confederates themselves had no idea where they were along the timeline. Contingency defined their lives as it does ours. Finally, Confederates were far from admitting the possibility of defeat at the end of 1862.

Of course. :-)