Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) informed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) that Robert E. Lee "was not actually one of the founding fathers" on Thursday.
  • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    What I don’t understand is why the losers are so widely celebrated?

    • Pips@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 year ago

      Appeasement after the assassination of Lincoln due to Johnson’s soft stance on Confederates. Basically moderates shit the bed and rather than wipe out the ideology, they let it fester and become “heritage.”