In the mid 1700s or so, a heated debate was raging between two primary factions. The factions were those loyal to the home country and those who wanted independence.
As Americans 200 years later, we look back at those who wanted independence as Patriots.
However, at the time they truly were traitors. They had turned on their country and actively sought its destruction, at least in their area. That they were eventually victorious in their fight and founded a new nation – our nation – from its ashes does not change that basic fact.
90 years or so after that first fight, America again faced Patriots and Traitors. A group of citizens, primarily in the South, decided to turn against their country and fight for a new one.
This time, they were defeated.
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