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These American Civil War Myths Just Won't Go Away (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Apr 2020
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underpants
(183,043 posts)1. 👀
Checking out later.
efhmc
(14,743 posts)2. Maybe, the brit accent makes me question it.
majdrfrtim
(320 posts)6. By your logic, then, someone with an "American accent"
cannot legitimately/authoritatively study or present British history?
appalachiablue
(41,204 posts)3. Interesting topic if only the narrator could have slowed down
the rapid-fire speech.
underpants
(183,043 posts)7. I think he wanted to keep the video to a certain length
Short attention span people that we are, 14 minutes is getting near where people wont invest in it.
unblock
(52,503 posts)4. good stuff!
infuriating how such myths persist.
from the confederacy were traitors who broke the contract with the united states, and started a violent rebellion, in response to the mere suspicion that lincoln might hurt their evil institution of slavery.
how some people can continue to glorify *anything* about that is beyond me.
GeoWilliam750
(2,523 posts)5. Well done