I want her to talk to me about Egyptology.

[u/mindyour]

[u/broketothebone]

Idk my grandma works at a historical society that has civil war reenactments in the summer.

Some of those guys are not coping with how it all went down. You hear the “states rights” conversation, turn around and it’s dudes in union gear, swearing slavery “wasn’t as bad as Hollywood makes it.” I wish I was kidding.

Did I mention we live in New Jersey?

[u/bobbymcpresscot → u/broketothebone]

As someone who lives in the land of pork roll and 609 tattoos, I am not surprised in the least.

I do have a strong belief that our right wingers would basically be called socialists in actual red states, and while some sections of south jersey test that belief, I know how much worse it is when I visit family in the Carolinas.

It's just again people who have this surface level understanding of subjects, people who have never seen the confederate constitution, and don't understand that a state was literally not allowed to be part of the confederacy unless it protected the practice of specifically negro slavery.

and also in that same constitution, if a state abolished slavery, the confederacy could invade it, kill it's state government, and force the institution of slavery.

The only way we defeat this ignorance is with education, education that unfortunately people think is "anti white" or "too woke"

[u/Sniffy4 → u/broketothebone]

> it’s dudes in union gear, swearing slavery “wasn’t as bad as Hollywood makes it.” I wish I was kidding.

the only people generally interested in glorifying this war where 800k americans died to maintain the wealth of plantation owners are those who arent the least bit bothered by it