Mississippi Sen. Kathy Chism, R-New Albany, said the Legislature should not have retired the Confederate-themed state flag.

  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    2 years ago

    Your people died under that flag while engaging in armed action against the Union, fighting for the side that wanted to preserve and enshrine slavery. You know, just in case anyone was misled by your bullshit, Chism.

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      They fought against the USA not the Union. Fighting the Union makes it sound like they were not traitors

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        2 years ago

        That’s a bit pedantic. The Union was synonymous with the USA (even at the time); the Confederates or “rebels” were and are synonymous with the CSA.

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            Yeah, those fuckers killed men in the US Army. To preserve slavery. And then the officer corps and political leaders weren’t executed at the end of the war like they should have been. John Brown got it worse for being a hero.

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              IMO (most of) the land should’ve been taken and given to the freed people, reconstruction failed.