@dwazou@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world • 2 months agoMississippi Governor Declares April 2025 as Confederate Heritage Monthwww.mississippifreepress.orgexternal-linkmessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1313arrow-down16cross-posted to: usa@midwest.social
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minus-square@ToastedRavioli@midwest.sociallinkfedilink16•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-square@AngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink6•1 month 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-square@lagoon8622@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish0•1 month agoSuch as, famously, the Statue of Liberty. But that’s never taught in schools, of course
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