Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoTIL the U.S. Civil War is called "The Slave War" in Icelandiclemmy.worldimagemessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1862arrow-down116
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minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·7 months agoI wish it was just a handful of crazies. The Lost Causers have shaped our nation as much as anyone else. Held us back at every step forward. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Cause_of_the_Confederacy
minus-squarejkrtn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 months agoUnfortunately nowhere near enough traitors were hanged for their insurrection and now here we are.
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoAndrew Johnson, objectively the worst and most destructive president our Union has ever had.
minus-squarePope-King Joe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoRonald Regan is right up there with him.
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoWithout Johnson pardoning all the rebels and leaving the cancer in the South to rot and spread we’d probably have never had Reagan as president.
I wish it was just a handful of crazies. The Lost Causers have shaped our nation as much as anyone else. Held us back at every step forward.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Cause_of_the_Confederacy
Unfortunately nowhere near enough traitors were hanged for their insurrection and now here we are.
Andrew Johnson, objectively the worst and most destructive president our Union has ever had.
Ronald Regan is right up there with him.
Without Johnson pardoning all the rebels and leaving the cancer in the South to rot and spread we’d probably have never had Reagan as president.