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cynatnite

(31,011 posts) Thu Aug 17, 2017, 05:10 PM Aug 2017

Schools will always teach that the slave-supporting South lost the war...

That's what I tell all the idiots who decry their traitorous heroes.

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Schools will always teach that the slave-supporting South lost the war... (Original Post) cynatnite Aug 2017 OP

They don't think that war is over yet. FiveGoodMen Aug 2017 #1

Back in the 70's we were taught that the Civil War was fought over some kind of The_Casual_Observer Aug 2017 #2

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)

1. They don't think that war is over yet.

Reply to cynatnite (Original post)

Thu Aug 17, 2017, 05:21 PM

Aug 2017

And if we don't crush the current white nationalist movement, they may be right.

Nazis, white supremacists, the KKK ... they have no place in any society.

Shame on us for saying, "Well, they have their opinion!"

This is what that led to.

In WWII, we knew what to do with fascists. It's about time we remembered.

The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)

2. Back in the 70's we were taught that the Civil War was fought over some kind of

Reply to cynatnite (Original post)

Thu Aug 17, 2017, 05:21 PM

Aug 2017

"Power Struggle" between the Industrialized North and the Agrarian South. If you argued it, you (as I did) failed.

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