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bluestateguy

(44,173 posts) Sun Jul 3, 2016, 12:28 PM Jul 2016

153 years ago today the U.S. smashed the Rebel traitors at Gettysburg [View all]

The ass-kicking at Pickett's Charge delivered a blow to the treasonous racist bastards.

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153 years ago today the U.S. smashed the Rebel traitors at Gettysburg [View all] bluestateguy Jul 2016 OP

50,000 casualties. Ilsa Jul 2016 #1

Where? Is there an address? underpants Jul 2016 #2

you should be ashamed edhopper Jul 2016 #46

I've scored this a 4 underpants Jul 2016 #49

please edhopper Jul 2016 #51

I am simply the son of forth fathers underpants Jul 2016 #52

I think the Confederates were really rebelling against the neoliberal economic policies of pampango Jul 2016 #3

There was nothing "new" about it and not "Neo liberal" in the European usage of the term. gordianot Jul 2016 #60

I heard on some right-wing radio show that Gettysburg was a false flag packman Jul 2016 #4

In the "West" the siege of Vicksburg ended the same day for Grant DonP Jul 2016 #5

Yep TeddyR Jul 2016 #17

And Vicksburg, Mississippi refused to celebrate July 4 for another 82 years MohRokTah Jul 2016 #45

My family's farm was (and is) right there. Avalux Jul 2016 #6

I've been to the area and you can still feel that a terrible tragedy took place there Warpy Jul 2016 #28

Rebranding the Union as a Progressive force for good is amusing Dreamer Tatum Jul 2016 #7

ok... eShirl Jul 2016 #35

Gleefully extolling the death of thousands of people is sick AwareOne Jul 2016 #8

The OP meant "rebels willing to kill Americans to 'preserve the blessings of African slavery'" (nt) LongtimeAZDem Jul 2016 #10

+100! Well said! scarletwoman Jul 2016 #65

"No Treason in Civil War" Orrex Jul 2016 #11

how dare you disrupt their comfortable narratives of moral superiority?! n/t zazen Jul 2016 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author Odin2005 Jul 2016 #21

Opposing a regime that glorifies Slavery and White Supremacy is always morally superior. Odin2005 Jul 2016 #23

+1 n/t Matrosov Jul 2016 #39

I feel quite comfortable describing the Union as morally superior in that conflict. Marr Jul 2016 #55

Fuck that, Davis should have been shot as soon as he was captured. Odin2005 Jul 2016 #18

^^^^ This ^^^^ XRubicon Jul 2016 #20

Hanged, not shot The Second Stone Jul 2016 #27

^^^AMEN to this!^^^ Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #30

Well, I do think Davis should have been given a fair trial bluestateguy Jul 2016 #63

Under Article III section 3, it was Treason. NutmegYankee Jul 2016 #26

And you have Robert E. Lee to thank for that pacification localroger Jul 2016 #31

Lee was a very honorable individual, which is why even the North respected him. NutmegYankee Jul 2016 #34

He put his wife's dress on to avoid capture XRubicon Jul 2016 #29

The slaves were treated far worse. yardwork Jul 2016 #32

I'm sorry, who the fucked fired on Fort Sumter? The Confederates started an illegal war... Humanist_Activist Jul 2016 #40

Pickett kinda kicked his own ass Scientific Jul 2016 #9

While Pickett probably had his share of arrogance 1939 Jul 2016 #14

After Fredericksburg TeddyR Jul 2016 #19

You don't charge straight up a mountainside 1939 Jul 2016 #44

There were abolitionists in the South, and Pro-slavers in the North... cherokeeprogressive Jul 2016 #13

Yeah TeddyR Jul 2016 #22

Of course neither side was 100% blameless LongtimeAZDem Jul 2016 #15

The 1st Minnesota FTW! Odin2005 Jul 2016 #16

We still have the flag sarisataka Jul 2016 #24

Yes we do! It's ours, now, Slaver scum! Odin2005 Jul 2016 #25

Loved that dust-up. Brickbat Jul 2016 #48

Most Northerners didn't care a hoot about slaves. and they raccoon Jul 2016 #33

The State that holds the record for the most Black Men lynched in one day is.... bvar22 Jul 2016 #36

Moral superiority is what gets some people through the night. cherokeeprogressive Jul 2016 #38

This message was self-deleted by its author LongtimeAZDem Jul 2016 #41

Do you not believe .... Adrahil Jul 2016 #42

I do believe that. cherokeeprogressive Jul 2016 #50

This message was self-deleted by its author XRubicon Jul 2016 #53

What the fuck do YOU think? cherokeeprogressive Jul 2016 #56

This message was self-deleted by its author XRubicon Jul 2016 #57

Can you repost the part where I said "I'm alright with slavery"? cherokeeprogressive Jul 2016 #58

No XRubicon Jul 2016 #43

And now they're everywhere. GeorgeGist Jul 2016 #37

The day Lee showed he wasn't a great general. MohRokTah Jul 2016 #47

Disagree with your choice of Sherman... Lithos Jul 2016 #54

At least we can agree Lee was not a great general. MohRokTah Jul 2016 #61

Lee was a good general Lithos Jul 2016 #64

Your choice of vocabulary is incendiary... Lithos Jul 2016 #59

And I keep seeing here that the South continues to fight the Civil War Ishoutandscream2 Jul 2016 #62

ask people in the South who won edhopper Jul 2016 #66

There's Dixie Shitheads everywhere these days SwankyXomb Jul 2016 #67

Whoosh, right over your head Ishoutandscream2 Jul 2016 #68

no edhopper Jul 2016 #71

And I will ask Ishoutandscream2 Jul 2016 #69

Not my expedience edhopper Jul 2016 #70