anybody know what this means this paragraph cries out for conversion to plain english it is terrible writing and not understandable by ordinary readers if someone wants to rewrite it in plain english please do so otherwise it will be safe on this page baggett shows that scalawags were for the most part long time doubters or opponents of the confederacy he explains that along the continuum of an antisecessionist breckinridge supporter bell or douglas supporter antisecessionist passive wartime unionist peace party advocate active wartime unionist postwar union party supporter the farther an individual moved along this line the greater his chances of becoming a republican p