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“Uncivil”: The Civil War Stories We Didn’t Learn in School
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RE: “Uncivil”: The Civil War Stories We Didn’t Learn in School
I've finally had the chance to go through most of these, at least the ones I thought I would find interesting. While from a historical context there is a lot to listen to and understand, the underlying tone is "White People Bad" across all aspects.

Now I don't need constant notes about how slavery started, how slavery was perpetuated, and how slavery still exists today, but there is a very focused lens on "everything white people did on both sides was actually racist" and "everthing about the current USA is racist, it's in our DNA." Those garbage comments really put a damper on what was interesting commentary on stories about counterfeiting Confederate money (The Paper - this is a good one) to undermine the southern treasury, and Civil War reenactors (The Soldiers) and the myths of the Civil War (The Takedown.) This last one is particularly aggressive.

Too bad really. I had higher hopes than a virtue signal about "Bad whitey and his terrible adventures in slavery."
01-08-2018 01:22 PM
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