How is the expression the long walk misleading

According a general english dictionary the expression take a long walk is defined as idiomatic, pejorative colloquial usually used to tell someone to go away or that their request will not be meet.

And the word misleading if you describe something as misleading you mean that it gives you a wrong idea or impression.

This expression is referred when many people think differently a short walk to me might be a long walk to you.

here are some events that to cause increased conflict between the north and south

1) mexican cession- gaining modern day california, utah, arizona, and new mexico from mexico. caused southern and northern politicians to fight over whether or not there would be slavery in these newly acquired territories.

2) uncle tom's cabin- this famous book described the cruelty of slavery in the south during the antebellum period, causing more northerners to support abolition and southerners to resent the book as they felt it unfairly depicted southern society.

3) kansas- nebraska act- disagreements over whether or not kansas and nebraska would be free or slave states caused issues between northern and southern politicians in congress.

4) bleeding kansas- this fighting took place in kansas after congress allowed this territory to vote on whether or not they would have slavery. citizens were killed and buildings were destroyed during this fighting.