# Resolved; America would be less divisive today if we had executed Confederate leaders for treason

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**Created:** [July 8, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-america-would-be-less-divisive-today-if-we-had-executed-confederate-leaders-for-treason/986789 "2023-07-08T21:44:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-america-would-be-less-divisive-today-if-we-had-executed-confederate-leaders-for-treason/986789/324 "2023-07-28T15:26:29Z")

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Very well put, Miller, but he seems to have scurried away once subjected to questioning.

> [@Thing.Fish](#):
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> So would you feel comfortable describing Hitler as evil? Or would you describe that claim as a silly, specious argument because the person making it wasn’t alive at the same time Hitler was?
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> How about 9/11? That was 22 years ago, are we really justified in judging those hijackers by today’s moral standards?

> [@Common\_Tater](#):
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> I also understand why you didn’t answer the question. Good try, though!

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