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When I hear shit like this, it makes me think Sherman didn’t go far enough. He should’ve eradicated the South and given the land to the union. Slaveowners should’ve been arrested and stripped of their property rights. Southern states should’ve been dissolved and their governments reconstituted by the union.
The union should’ve crushed the south and occupied it like the US occupied Nazi Germany post-WWII.
"Each Dixie boy must understand that he must mind his Uncle Sam!"
I live in Tennessee and I've had 2 coworkers tell me, independently of one another, that Nazis got a "raw deal" and that, and I quote, "their opinions are just as relevant" as Democrat opinions.
These are guys who go to church and like to brag about how über Christian they are while simultaneously saying that Texans should be allowed to legally open fire on immigrants. Lincoln was too light on the South and Andrew Johnson was so shitty that he openly tried to benefit the postbellum Southerners.
The South continues to prove that it didn't deserve the reconstruction. Imagine if Germans allowed pieces of shit to openly fly swastika flags and proclaim that "The Reich will rise again."
That's what we're up against here. Every single day I see the "rebel" flag being flown and celebrated and about once a month I hear someone in public talking about how there should be a rebellion. They legitimately believe that they can fight off the United States military and their rationale is that "The government won't open fire on its own citizens" so they can just attack unabated.
It's fucking banana sandwiches in this shit hole.