ulfhednardwarf ( @ulfhednardwarf@lemmy.world ) English8•2 years agoUntrue! It makes for a great battle trophy for us Yankees! “And this, Cletus, was the last thing your great x3 grandfather carried into battle when my great x4 grandfather cut his traitor ass down”
Broncos_Fan ( @Broncos_Fan@lemmy.one ) English11•2 years agoOne of my favorite moments in politics was when Virginia tried to get Minnesota to return their blood soaked civil war flag that was taken as a trophy.
Jesse Ventura put it perfectly: “Why? We won.”
ulfhednardwarf ( @ulfhednardwarf@lemmy.world ) English5•2 years agoDarn straight. To the victor goes the spoils. Especially when the loser was a such a problematic state (i.e. a nation built on slavery and led by a racist white minority that acted as an aristocracy)
amanneedsamaid ( @amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz ) English1•2 years agoOne of the most satisfying parts of being a modern day American is the fact Southerners took the biggest L possible 155 years ago.
Tetreo ( @Tetreo@sopuli.xyz ) English3•2 years agoIs this real in-game?
Lol, no.