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Those who don't like calling it a "civil war" believe that the Confederacy actually became a legitimate separate country during that time, therefore it doesn't count. It's a mainly academic argument, until you realize that the reason they persist in calling it something else is that they think it's still a separate country and that the Union is an illegal and illegitimate occupation force.
You can, of course, imagine the other stuff they also believe.
Let those chumps know that exactly 0 (zero) other nations recognized the CSA as a legitimate independent nation.
I'm certain they'll argue about political repression by northern states, but as it stands, the ever-contentious Palestine has the confederacy beat.
Occupying them with all the federal tax money those states take in