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calimary

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40. Shit, Rhiannon, I wish I knew...

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #39)

Sat Sep 11, 2021, 10:13 PM

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NoShit.... [View all] pbmus Sep 2021 OP

K & R...for truth...nt Wounded Bear Sep 2021 #1

K & R . . . Lovie777 Sep 2021 #2

Wow, Steve, tell us how you really feel! Hekate Sep 2021 #3

I'm amazed that it's gone this far...... MyOwnPeace Sep 2021 #4

Because of Covid... Mr. Evil Sep 2021 #8

Well said, Mr. Schmidt Mysterian Sep 2021 #5

Yeah...but the car was cool The Unmitigated Gall Sep 2021 #6

Twitter replies: Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 #7

Lee..."Raged against Republican attempts to enforce... The Unmitigated Gall Sep 2021 #10

I have Mary Trump's new book and she also brought up General Lee (and that whole historical period) Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 #11

Appalling. I remember thinking at the time The Unmitigated Gall Sep 2021 #13

That is an excellent point Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 #16

I'll have to see it. The documentary on Reconstruction, I mean. The Unmitigated Gall Sep 2021 #25

It was a series on PBS a couple of years ago. And it covered facts about the post-Civil War Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 #26

Read Black Reconstruction by W.E.B. Dubois Solomon Sep 2021 #33

Thank you! The Unmitigated Gall Sep 2021 #38

Ken Burns was too lazy to do primary-source research. He let himself get snookered by Shelby Foote. TygrBright Sep 2021 #22

I didn't really know enough at the time to think critically about it. The Unmitigated Gall Sep 2021 #24

"States rights." calimary Sep 2021 #35

Whenever I hear the term "States Rights," I think of the start of the Reagan campaign Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 #39

Shit, Rhiannon, I wish I knew... calimary Sep 2021 #40

I've even seen Confederate flags here in by area of Northeastern New York! Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 #41

I guess we have our own American swastika: the confederate flag calimary Sep 2021 #42

KnR Alice Kramden Sep 2021 #9

I have an ancestor ymetca Sep 2021 #12

K & R for truth n/t malaise Sep 2021 #14

Revised history never taught in schools. Good post. Evolve Dammit Sep 2021 #15

I took my single required History class in the 10th grade Backseat Driver Sep 2021 #17

Grant kicked his traitor ass. kairos12 Sep 2021 #18

He should have ellie Sep 2021 #19

And Grant was slurred with "Unspeakable Slaughter" plimsoll Sep 2021 #20

A loyal right winger claimed that REL did not betray his oath to his country because he resigned his keithbvadu2 Sep 2021 #21

Thank God you republicans won that war back in the 1860s. keithbvadu2 Sep 2021 #23

Schools really need to do a much better job teaching U.S. history... Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 #27

And spelling. niyad Sep 2021 #30

Yes, definitely spelling! Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 #31

Yep! Spell check says you got the word right but does not care if you got the right word. keithbvadu2 Sep 2021 #32

Waving niyad Sep 2021 #29

Idiots. calimary Sep 2021 #34

The American Swastika. I'm gonna start referring to that abominable Confederate flag calimary Sep 2021 #43

"The Kindly General" my ass.... Blue Owl Sep 2021 #28

Rt TY! Cha Sep 2021 #36

Thanks to Steve Schmidt, I read up on Lee's cruelty RVN VET71 Sep 2021 #37