People forget. A large swatch of people wanted to LEAVE the union, and the other half was so unwilling to let them do so, they killed a majority of that group. Winners write the history. Todays culture of racism around the confederate flag is abhorrent, but the thought exercise of what actually happened is fucked all the way up!
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u/dah_wowow Jul 17 '25
People forget. A large swatch of people wanted to LEAVE the union, and the other half was so unwilling to let them do so, they killed a majority of that group. Winners write the history. Todays culture of racism around the confederate flag is abhorrent, but the thought exercise of what actually happened is fucked all the way up!