Flying Squid to Today I [email protected]English • 7 months agoTIL the U.S. Civil War is called "The Slave War" in Icelandiclemmy.worldmessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1862
arrow-up1862imageTIL the U.S. Civil War is called "The Slave War" in Icelandiclemmy.worldFlying Squid to Today I [email protected]English • 7 months agomessage-square88fedilink
minus-squareTiefling IRLlinkfedilinkEnglish29•edit-27 months agoIn parts of the South it’s been rebranded as the “War of Northern Aggression” 🙄
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish34•7 months agoThen they get all red in the face when you ask them who shot the first shots.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•7 months agoI’m sure there are some rednecks who call it that, but I’d be interested to know if there is a single, modern day public school text book that calls it that.
In parts of the South it’s been rebranded as the “War of Northern Aggression” 🙄
Then they get all red in the face when you ask them who shot the first shots.
That would require them to know history
They know, they choose to ignore it.
Some do. A whole lot don’t.
I’m sure there are some rednecks who call it that, but I’d be interested to know if there is a single, modern day public school text book that calls it that.