dwazou@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agoMississippi Governor Declares April 2025 as Confederate Heritage Monthwww.mississippifreepress.orgexternal-linkmessage-square69linkfedilinkarrow-up1312arrow-down17cross-posted to: usa@midwest.social
arrow-up1305arrow-down1external-linkMississippi Governor Declares April 2025 as Confederate Heritage Monthwww.mississippifreepress.orgdwazou@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square69linkfedilinkcross-posted to: usa@midwest.social
minus-squareBaphomet_The_Blasphemer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·2 months 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-up16·edit-22 months 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-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months 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.
minus-squarelagoon8622@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoSuch 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