Things that made you laugh today (Political Version)

[Neveragain]

He asked me that two pages ago. I answered without Google'ing. He was a civil war general of the Confederacy who surrendered. I'm not wrong. I'm all kinds of right. Anything else you want to add to that is fine. Let's hear it.

After that he has the gall to accuse me of not knowing anything about the civil war except zomgslavery, just like you are now about Lee, and thats absolutely exactly indisputably what it was all about. You disagree? Let's hear about it.

[Gelston]

If Lee had accepted Generalship of the Union Army, the Civil War would have ended in a couple months, we'd see him as one of the greatest American heroes ever, there'd be way more statues of him, there'd be no Arlington Cemetery, and no one would have ever heard of Grant. Hell, slavery in the US probably wouldn't have been ended by the Civil War either. Slavery would have been ended eventually, either way. It was becoming less profitable with machinery and such replacing the large amount of human labor you used to need.

We may also have gone to war with France very soon after, for violating the Monroe Doctrine, which would have been interesting because we only fought against the French twice in history in very minor and often forgotten events, the Quasi-War and Vichy French forces in WW2. While we were busy with the Civil War, the French knew we couldn't do shit so they invaded Mexico. While it would have been very soon after the hypothetical end of the Civil War, which would have been more billed as an armed insurrection in the South instead, nothing unites a nation like a good ole war against a foreign nation. In actual history it was the Spanish American that did this, even had a few Confederate Generals join the US Army as US Generals in it.

I love what-ifs.

[Candor]

I'm sorry you feel that way. The civil war was absolutely about slavery. I don't think anyone would deny that. Unless you are attempting to?

Certainly slavery was the primary reason, but it wasn't the only reason. In particular, taxes levied by the North had been an issue for years and fueled the perception that the South was being controlled by the North.

[Neveragain]

Destruction of Historical artifacts

Renewed calls for segregation.

Restrictions to free speech.

Singling out a race of people as being the causation of the worlds woes.

Calls for violence against those they perceive to be "racist"

...Sadly this is not the Nazi party from 80+ years ago, it's today's Democrat party.

[Parkbandit]

He asked me that two pages ago. I answered without Google'ing. He was a civil war general of the Confederacy who surrendered. I'm not wrong. I'm all kinds of right. Anything else you want to add to that is fine. Let's hear it.

Actually, this is what you posted:

He was someone willing to kill other Americans for the right to keep other human beings as slaves.

After that he has the gall to accuse me of not knowing anything about the civil war except zomgslavery, just like you are now about Lee, and thats absolutely exactly indisputably what it was all about. You disagree? Let's hear about it.

So far, "ZOMGSLAVERY" is all you've come up with.

Seems like his gall was smarter than you.

[Neveragain]

[~Rocktar~]

I watched his speech at Arlington today, it was the best one given I think and truly shows Mattis is a warrior poet, a scholar and a fine gentleman.

[ClydeR]

https://twitter.com/drmattdambrosio/...05924172484608

[Methais]

He asked me that two pages ago. I answered without Google'ing. He was a civil war general of the Confederacy who surrendered. I'm not wrong. I'm all kinds of right. Anything else you want to add to that is fine. Let's hear it.

After that he has the gall to accuse me of not knowing anything about the civil war except zomgslavery, just like you are now about Lee, and thats absolutely exactly indisputably what it was all about. You disagree? Let's hear about it.

Not only are you wrong like always, but you could have you know, used this as an opportunity to learn something that you're clearly ignorant as fuck about. Except it would assfuck your little narrative, which is always more important to you than facts.

Do you eat mustard on biscuits?

[Back]

Not only are you wrong like always, but you could have you know, used this as an opportunity to learn something that you're clearly ignorant as fuck about. Except it would assfuck your little narrative, which is always more important to you than facts.

Do you eat mustard on biscuits?

Sorry you don't like my answer. Please explain how the Civil War was not about slavery and how Robert E. Lee was not a person who killed other human beings so the human beings he fought for could keep human beings as slaves?