Possibly linux@lemmy.zip to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-214 hours agoTIL The "lost cause of the Confederacy" is an actual myth used to promote racism and racist idealsmessage-squaremessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1158arrow-down1message-squareTIL The "lost cause of the Confederacy" is an actual myth used to promote racism and racist idealsPossibly linux@lemmy.zip to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-214 hours agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·13 hours ago“There is no evidence that the civil war was about slavery” looks at the speech by Davis talking about how it was all about slavery plus hundreds of other documents
minus-squaresouthsamurai@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 hours agoAs a southern man, I absolutely love this meme
minus-squaredual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·12 hours agoIndeed. Some of the seceding states had it written into their new constitutions. The post-hoc notion that this was not the case is laughably absurd.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·11 hours agoThe Confederate constitution mentions slavery everywhere Its almost like they wanted to ensure slavery continued to last
minus-squareSkyezOpen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·12 hours agoBut actually it was democrats who were the slavers! That’s why republicans honor their democrat heritage by flying a traitor flag? Fuck I can’t even keep up with their mental gymnastics.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 hours ago“It’s about states rights!” “Yeah, their right to do what, again? Hmmm?”
“There is no evidence that the civil war was about slavery”
looks at the speech by Davis talking about how it was all about slavery plus hundreds of other documents
As a southern man, I absolutely love this meme
Indeed. Some of the seceding states had it written into their new constitutions. The post-hoc notion that this was not the case is laughably absurd.
The Confederate constitution mentions slavery everywhere
Its almost like they wanted to ensure slavery continued to last
But actually it was democrats who were the slavers! That’s why republicans honor their democrat heritage by flying a traitor flag? Fuck I can’t even keep up with their mental gymnastics.
“It’s about states rights!”
“Yeah, their right to do what, again? Hmmm?”