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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 10 points 10 hours ago (4 children)
[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 12 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Due to not punishing the traitors hard enough, we really only paused it.

[–] CuriousRefugee@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Northerners: The American Civil War

Southerners: The War for States' Rights

Deep Southerners: The War of Northern Aggression

Deep Deep Rednecks: North 1, South 0, HALFTIME!

[–] piranhaconda@mander.xyz 1 points 8 hours ago

I went to college, only about 10 years ago, somewhere where the redneck fraternity chanted "1, 2, 3 Robert E Lee! 3, 2, 1 South Shoulda Won!"

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 7 points 10 hours ago

The confederates had indirect help from some other countries, but they didn't win so... Yeah.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

Well, they also lost that one.

[–] dellish@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Really? There was absolutely no French assistance there?

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 1 points 2 hours ago

You're thinking of the Revolutionary War. In the US Civil War, the Second French Empire was friendly towards the Confederates, not the Union.