The North was far to kind to the South. If only the bourgeoisie weren't in control of reconstruction.
The North was far to kind to the South. If only the bourgeoisie weren't in control of reconstruction.
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why the hell would you use that image to try to argue 'actually the union was bad' when it is literally the caning of Charles Sumner - an abolitionist - on the floor of the senate lol. Dude who did it was literally fined and got re-elected later that same year despite beating a senator nearly to death with a cane in front of the entire chamber - who unsurprisingly wrung their hands the entire time and barely intervened.
The guy who caned Sumner also sold like commemorative novelty canes to his fans in the south. The USA is an ontological evil and it's always been the same.
The guy who caned Sumner also sold like commemorative novelty canes to his fans in the south.
That kind of tacky shit would soar today too.
That kind of tacky shit would soar today too
george zimmerman sold the pistol killed trayvon martin with for $250,000
He also sells signed bags of skittles.
President Xi, whenever you're ready.
Google “Lester Maddox ax handles”
we need some sort of combo emoji for this shit
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Lester Maddox ax handles
Lester Maddox was a Georgian who owned a restraunt in Atlanta known as the Pickrick. As a staunch segregationist he was against the 1954 Brown V. Board of Education, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Maddox actually filed a lawsuit to conintue his segregationist policies.
In April of 1964, some african american student demonstrators attempted to stage a sit-in, however before they could arrive Maddox confronted the group with a bare axe handle. Maddox along with some employees and customers pulled the handles from the nail kegs on each side of the resturant fireplace. These handles came to be known as the Pickrick Drumsticks. Due to this response Maddox was heralded as a political figure defending "private property rights" and segregation.
Maddox closed the restaurant rather than serve african american customers. When he attempted to re-open the restaurant and tried to only serve "acceptable" customers he was taken to court and was held in contmept. Maddox used his actions as a launchboard for his political ambitions and became the 75th Governor of Georgia from 1967-71.
you missed this:
Maddox took to selling axe handles and other "state’s rights" souvenirs, a practice he continued from 1964 to at least the late 1980s.
Due to this response Maddox was heralded as a political figure defending "private property rights" and segregation.
Every time
Reminds me a lot of that shithead who shot three Floyd protestors in order to "defend private property"
Downthread a bit the same user says the North shot first. Total disregard for basic historical facts.
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"celtic character of the south" lowell chevalier sounds very welsh indeed
the gallic peoples were also celts but that doesn't make linking the American civil war to Hengist and Horsa less nonsensical
like that guy who somehow concluded that Stalin and Hitler were both descended from some random country in Europe and that ww2 was therefore just a civil war of thay country
i mean i would be comparing such a thing to anglo-irish or anglo-scottish oppression in the 16th-18th centuries if i were talking about the civil war---but a anglo-french lil ass has not a goddamn thing to say abt that
They should’ve kept firing too
Meanwhile, the first thing Irish immigrants saw when they exited the boats were Union recruitment booths getting them to enlist in the Union army.
Lmao this is just writing warhammer lore for different kinds of white people
Celts? Is that really this fucker's angle? The British-American South is as Anglo as it gets in America, since it's not like there aren't multiple notoriously Irish populations throughout the major northern cities like Boston and New York.
yeah good ok
you actually can't get fired from an elected position
I know of a place where you can
Again it is unfair to compare America and China because China is run by actual adults
With sufficient artillery I assure you it's possible. Ask Jefferson Davis.
who unsurprisingly wrung their hands the entire time and barely intervened
Correct me if I'm wrong on this, but Brooks had two other senators with him, one of them armed with a firearm, who threatened and blocked anyone who attempted to intervene
The other 96 senators could've taken them (there were probably less than 96)
