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Mississippi Sen. Kathy Chism, R-New Albany, said the Legislature should not have retired the Confederate-themed state flag.

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[–] gravitas_deficiency 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That’s a bit pedantic. The Union was synonymous with the USA (even at the time); the Confederates or “rebels” were and are synonymous with the CSA.

[–] Peaty 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nah it is not because it reminds those that celebrate the traitors that they were traitors.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, those fuckers killed men in the US Army. To preserve slavery. And then the officer corps and political leaders weren't executed at the end of the war like they should have been. John Brown got it worse for being a hero.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

IMO (most of) the land should've been taken and given to the freed people, reconstruction failed.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Absolutely. 40 acres and a mule. Along with the vote. During reconstruction many people in government were freedmen. Can you imagine what our country would be like now if that continued?

These racist fascists really have fucked things over