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this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2026
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Where we meme (joking in tone and detail, serious in sentiment) about General Sherman, the Civil War, and how the secesh traitors had it coming.
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"The Civil War was about states' rights!"
Yes. States' rights to own slaves.
Not even that. The first paragraph of each letter of secession say unequivocally that it's about slavery. Most don't even mention states rights.
You can argue that it was set off when the Northern states passed laws that freed any slaves who set foot there and the Southern states demanded that the laws be abolished and all states be required to enforce slavery. They didn't get their way so they decided to throw a tantrum.
Of course even with that slavery remains the lynchpin of the whole thing.