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Cirsium

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47. agreed

Reply to anamnua (Reply #42)

Sat May 2, 2026, 08:17 PM

May 2

The romanticization of the "Old South" is disgusting. The plantation tourism business is another example.

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Idiot: If it weren't for Gettysburg, Robert E Lee would have won (the Civil War). [View all] Norbert May 2 OP

He knows nothing about history except for a few names. Haggard Celine May 2 #1

Pootin SheltieLover May 2 #4

Yep, he's the only one with any brains, and he Haggard Celine May 2 #7

Yup! SheltieLover May 2 #8

And his looney versions of history PatSeg May 2 #25

Dupe oops PatSeg May 2 #26

There's a long list of who is running things. wnylib May 2 #39

Loser Whip-poor-will May 2 #2

Lee got his ass kicked in his first combat command Mysterian May 2 #3

Lee's only concern was protecting his plantation and his Virginia buddies . haele May 2 #44

Kegbreath disgusts actual fighting men Mysterian May 2 #48

So he is asking edhopper May 2 #5

I think it was a combination of the Union win at Gettysburg and Haggard Celine May 2 #9

Right you are edhopper May 2 #23

Disagree ITAL May 2 #27

The funny thing is Iran is doing to Trump what the South should have done edhopper May 2 #24

If it weren't for losing, he would have won. n/t Mister Ed May 2 #6

"The amateurs discuss tactics: the professionals discuss logistics. " - Napoleon Bonaparte Girard442 May 2 #10

Yes, but then he tried to ram the ramparts, and storm the airports . . . hatrack May 2 #11

Yes,... and General Lee drove around the Gettysburg War Battlefield,... magicarpet May 2 #32

If it hasn't been for the Indians Dan May 2 #12

Look around. The Confederacy seems to have won. Kid Berwyn May 2 #13

Traitor rooting for a traitor dalton99a May 2 #14

"Nice ballroom you're planning there TACO, be a real shame if somethin' happened to it!"--General Sherman RedWhiteBlueIsRacist May 2 #15

Lee never won outside of Virginia. Sneederbunk May 2 #16

The Western theater is where Grant showed his stuff Martin Eden May 2 #19

And the 20th Maine, who did the fighting Mysterian May 2 #20

Yes, Jeff Daniels was great in that role in the movie Martin Eden May 2 #22

Pander pander pander Oneironaut May 2 #17

The Civil War was a numbers game Lee couldn't win Kaleva May 2 #18

General Bonespurs has spoken Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2 #21

TRANSLATION: Bigot in Chief Mourns South's Loss of Civil War B.See May 2 #28

Lee's leadership averted a much worse tragedy at the Bowling Green Massacre. Girard442 May 2 #29

Robert E. Lee: I will send an army uphill over 2 miles of open ground against an entrenched position Prairie Gates May 2 #30

Sounds like Putin's plan for Ukraine and his for Iran. doc03 May 2 #31

This is a very, very sick man. legallyblondeNYC May 2 #33

"If it weren't for the fact they lost, the South could have won! Big strong men with tears in their eyes struggle4progress May 2 #34

And, If McLellan Hadn't Been Such A Tool.... ProfessorGAC May 2 #35

Doubtful Cirsium May 2 #38

Silly ProfessorGAC May 2 #43

Why do that? Cirsium May 2 #45

the lost cause Cirsium May 2 #36

US Grant nailed it: anamnua May 2 #41

Speaking of the lost cause mythos anamnua May 2 #42

Written by Robbie Robertson of The Band Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2 #46

agreed Cirsium May 2 #47

History from the dumbest president ever elected. spanone May 2 #37

Lee got his ass handed to him by the Minnesota 1st regiment NickB79 May 2 #40

"I give it a year before the revisionist 'historians' have the South as the Winners" Abolishinist May 2 #49

No the won't cast the South as winners SocialDemocrat61 Sunday #50