dwazou@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world · 22 hours agoMississippi Governor Declares April 2025 as Confederate Heritage Monthwww.mississippifreepress.orgexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1191arrow-down13
arrow-up1188arrow-down1external-linkMississippi Governor Declares April 2025 as Confederate Heritage Monthwww.mississippifreepress.orgdwazou@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world · 22 hours agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squareToastedRavioli@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-24 hours 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-squarelagoon8622@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 minutes agoSuch as, famously, the Statue of Liberty. But that’s never taught in schools, of course
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·58 minutes 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.
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
Such as, famously, the Statue of Liberty. But that’s never taught in schools, of course
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.