New Yorker: let me tell you about the war of northern aggression.
???
I don't even
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New Yorker: let me tell you about the war of northern aggression.
???
I don't even
TL;DR: Trump doesn't understand shit.
In the past he's said it takes him six or seven flushes to get anything down.
It's not about understanding — it's about making nice with people who wish the South had won.
indeed.
Don't fight uphill me boys! But it was too late.
If trump wins, my one solace will be that the cunts who voted for him will suffer.
The Civil War should have been settled by publicly executing every last Confederate leader. Would have saved us all a lot of trouble today.
But muh heritage
It’s a part of my heritage to hunt slavers.
Battle Hymn of the Republic intensifies
You'd still have your heritage! And the heritage of hanging by your neck until dead!
It would've. We wouldn't have to be dealing with traces of their trickling hate and inbred bullshit that's still around today.
Except the idea wasn't solely within those leaders. That was the major issue with reconstruction that followed. We weren't just fighting people, we were fighting an idea. We're still fighting it. We would only be so lucky to fully extinguish an idea by hanging a few thousand people from a tree.
Brilliant writing.
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