dwazou@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world · 4 个月前Mississippi Governor Declares April 2025 as Confederate Heritage Monthwww.mississippifreepress.orgexternal-linkmessage-square66linkfedilinkarrow-up1313arrow-down16
arrow-up1307arrow-down1external-linkMississippi Governor Declares April 2025 as Confederate Heritage Monthwww.mississippifreepress.orgdwazou@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world · 4 个月前message-square66linkfedilink
minus-squareBaphomet_The_Blasphemer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·4 个月前I 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-up15·edit-24 个月前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
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 个月前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.
minus-squarelagoon8622@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 个月前Such as, famously, the Statue of Liberty. But that’s never taught in schools, of course
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
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.
Such as, famously, the Statue of Liberty. But that’s never taught in schools, of course