dwazou@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world · 1 day agoMississippi Governor Declares April 2025 as Confederate Heritage Monthwww.mississippifreepress.orgexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1201arrow-down14
arrow-up1197arrow-down1external-linkMississippi Governor Declares April 2025 as Confederate Heritage Monthwww.mississippifreepress.orgdwazou@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squareBaphomet_The_Blasphemer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·8 hours agoI mean, if they want a month long reminder that they’re a bunch of losers, I guess I’m ok with that.
minus-squareToastedRavioli@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-26 hours agoThe confederacy are the most widely celebrated giant losers of all time, and it isn’t even close. There are more monuments commemorating their failure than there are commemorating most successes
minus-squarelagoon8622@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoSuch as, famously, the Statue of Liberty. But that’s never taught in schools, of course
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours agoYou can thank Wilson for most of those. He also used the presidency to re-found the KKK. He also was one of the authors of the Lost Cause Southern Revisionist BS.
I mean, if they want a month long reminder that they’re a bunch of losers, I guess I’m ok with that.
The confederacy are the most widely celebrated giant losers of all time, and it isn’t even close.
There are more monuments commemorating their failure than there are commemorating most successes
Such as, famously, the Statue of Liberty. But that’s never taught in schools, of course
You can thank Wilson for most of those. He also used the presidency to re-found the KKK. He also was one of the authors of the Lost Cause Southern Revisionist BS.