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haele

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2. Are they going to include the fact that half the state didn't agree with secession?

Reply to Atticus (Original post)

Thu Apr 20, 2023, 03:24 PM

Apr 2023

Are they going to honor the Tennessee units in the Union Army?
Lots of Tennessee natives fought for the union, and lots decided not to fight at all. Just because Forrest came from Tennessee don't mean a spot. It just means there were plenty of privileged, racist white men of means giving Tennessee a bad name.

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A few facts for the Tennessee knuckledraggers who proclaimed April "Confederate History Month": [View all] Atticus Apr 2023 OP

I've never seen so many people so proud of being losers. Aristus Apr 2023 #1

Maybe they hope to rehabilitate "being labeled a loser"? calimary Apr 2023 #4

Are they going to include the fact that half the state didn't agree with secession? haele Apr 2023 #2

Exactly haele!! Well said! Docreed2003 Apr 2023 #7

Good point TheRealNorth Apr 2023 #9

Yes, Abolitionists who traveled in the South saw many poor white people looking so discouraged. raging moderate Apr 2023 #11

My favorite take on those folks: thucythucy Apr 2023 #3

These morons don't even know our own state's history, or they just don't care Docreed2003 Apr 2023 #5

TY for That. And, yeah.. Slave Cha Apr 2023 #6

The actual Confederate surrender flag was a dishcloth DBoon Apr 2023 #8

I did not know that Bayard Apr 2023 #10