It actually was. Imagine thinking it was only about race lol. A 5 second google search would show you otherwise, but sure, its all to do with racism, just like everything else in life. 
Always funny seeing people complain about racism in a game about a perpetual race war though.
No, it was all about race. Otherwise,
A) Why did the South push for a federal law forcing Northern states to return runaway slaves (aka, statesā rights for me, but not for thee)
B) Why was the only difference between the Confedracyās Constitution and the Unionās the inclusion of slavery?
The North : āWe think slavery is bad, and you should too!ā
The South : āNah man, weāll makes less money without slaves, so nah.ā
The North : āThen weāll pass laws making you do what we want!ā
The South : āThen we quit the USA and will make a new country!ā
war ensues to keep the USA intact
See now how it can be because of slavery AND stateās rights?
https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/feature/causes-of-the-civil-war/
"What led to the outbreak of the bloodiest conflict in the history of North America?
A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the moral issue of slavery.
In fact, it was the economics of slavery and political control of that system that was central to the conflict.
A key issue was statesā rights.
The Southern states wanted to assert their authority over the federal government so they could abolish federal laws they didnāt support, especially laws interfering with the Southās right to keep slaves and take them wherever they wished.
Another factor was territorial expansion.
The South wished to take slavery into the western territories, while the North was committed to keeping them open to white labor alone.
Meanwhile, the newly formed Republican party, whose members were strongly opposed to the westward expansion of slavery into new states, was gaining prominence.
The election of a Republican, Abraham Lincoln, as President in 1860 sealed the deal. His victory, without a single Southern electoral vote, was a clear signal to the Southern states that they had lost all influence.
Feeling excluded from the political system, they turned to the only alternative they believed was left to them: secession, a political decision that led directly to war."
Slavery was a key reason, but not the only one.
10 Major Causes of the American Civil War
Did you also know that for a short time Texas was its own country? They even elected a president and made their own currency.
The problem is that people try to say it was one thing, because they like simple explanations.
There are no simple explanations in life. Not everything is racism or any other ism.
People have different tolerance levels for what they find offensive.
It just seems in the current era we have nothing but a bunch of whiners who have no historical context but like to complain because something didnāt go their way.
I like the term āracism glassesā. Theyāre looking at everything through a lens of racism, so they see it everywhere they look. If they werenāt actively trying to find it in literally everything theyād see it hardly exists anymore.
What are you talking about? The North won, it 100% went my way.
For Gods sake, we are really in a post calling to action for Blizz to better punish racism in game we have people unironically saying the Confederacy was not racist? This has to be probably THE worst thread I have ever seen on these forums lol.
I am honestly done, what more is there to even say? The best counter I have had so far was āma perspectiveā and thatās not saying much. If anyone sane seeās this, do yourself a favor and donāt scroll up too far form this point, or do I donāt care.
Havenāt seen a single person say the confederacy wasnāt racist, just not that everyone who was in it was a racist.
Also, imagine being mad about racism in a game about race wars. Hilarious.
Iāve found far worse.
Real life =/= video game
Done my dude.
Finish the quote
I didnāt want to because I was honestly embarrassed for you butā¦if you insistā¦
Embarrassed for me? Lol. You purposely misquote me so that it makes me look like a racist, but your embarrassed for me. Iām embarrassed for you honestly. You seem like you work for a major news network with the way you choose to quote people.
If you donāt see the irony of complaining about racism in a game about race wars then I donāt really know what to say. Its like complaining about car jackings in a game like Grand Theft Auto, or Strip Clubs, or prostitutes, or guns, etc. Its extremely dumb.
Yet your complaining about someone doing something in a video game. I donāt get it but okay.
Iām all for punishing racism in video games by the way. What Iām against is punishing people because someone thinks they are racist.
Dark Humor =/= racism
Also how do you know the race of the person who does whatever you consider to be racist? What if a black person made a joke about slavery or picking cotton or some stereotype or whatever? Are you going to report them for being racist against themselves? Do you report rap songs as racist when they use racial slurs? You probably do.
Anyway, good luck with your crusade. I wish you the best.
This has been a read 
Imma be real with you chief, I aināt reading any of that. 
Why would they ban people for doing the same thing they do at work lol
Thats fine, keep your head in the sand and pretend I donāt exist.
Untrue, it can still be harassment even if you respond. The definition of harassment nowhere states that it stops being such if it provokes a response.
not true, tbh
blizzard will tell you to block the person and to justā¦keep blocking them.
they dont really care.
Yep, but he also has quite the history in general with his trash guild in other games as well.
I was responding to the actual thread not your comments about a war that was over 100 years ago.