Untrue! It makes for a great battle trophy for us Yankees! "And this, Cletus, was the last thing your great x3 grandfather carried into battle when my great x4 grandfather cut his traitor ass down"

[–] Broncos_Fan@lemmy.one 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One of my favorite moments in politics was when Virginia tried to get Minnesota to return their blood soaked civil war flag that was taken as a trophy.

Jesse Ventura put it perfectly: “Why? We won.”

[–] ulfhednardwarf@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Darn straight. To the victor goes the spoils. Especially when the loser was a such a problematic state (i.e. a nation built on slavery and led by a racist white minority that acted as an aristocracy)

[–] amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One of the most satisfying parts of being a modern day American is the fact Southerners took the biggest L possible 155 years ago.

[–] ulfhednardwarf@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yessir! And it's even more satisfying when your ancestors were the ones who delivered that L (my great great great grandpa)