I’ve always heard it called the “Lost Cause Of The South” by racist rednecks; they seem to be aware enough (or someone was, whoever it is they’re parroting) to attempt to distance it as much as possible from terminology that associates it with slavery because otherwise it looks even worse. Even though slavery is absolutely what it was all about.
“There is no evidence that the civil war was about slavery”
looks at the speech by Davis talking about how it was all about slavery plus hundreds of other documents
Indeed. Some of the seceding states had it written into their new constitutions. The post-hoc notion that this was not the case is laughably absurd.
But actually it was democrats who were the slavers! That’s why republicans honor their democrat heritage by flying a traitor flag? Fuck I can’t even keep up with their mental gymnastics.
The Confederate constitution mentions slavery everywhere
Its almost like they wanted to ensure slavery continued to last
Huh. I always took the term “lost cause” at face value, and thought it simply meant that the confederacy was hopeless and doomed to fail. I didn’t realize it was based on hypocrisy and lies. Thanks for the heads up!
Edit: the more I read that Wikipedia page, the angrier I get
Shit, if you think you’re mad now, wait until you run into someone that’s still running that line of bullshit in 2025
