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They call it "Lincoln's Tax War" in the South.
18 1 ReplyI've also heard "the War of Northern Aggression". No idea how common either is. I assume it's just a handful of crazies playing pretend.
31 0 ReplyI wish it was just a handful of crazies. The Lost Causers have shaped our nation as much as anyone else. Held us back at every step forward.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Cause_of_the_Confederacy
28 0 ReplyUnfortunately nowhere near enough traitors were hanged for their insurrection and now here we are.
9 0 ReplyAndrew Johnson, objectively the worst and most destructive president our Union has ever had.
8 0 ReplyRonald Regan is right up there with him.
2 0 ReplyWithout Johnson pardoning all the rebels and leaving the cancer in the South to rot and spread we'd probably have never had Reagan as president.
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