there’s a kernel of truth here in that most Union soldiers didn’t really care about slavery until they got down to the South and saw it firsthand, at which point they had to be regularly stopped from lynching the Plantation owners
"The Battle Hymn of the Republic" has entered the conversation.
Foote's a great if pro-Southern scholar, but the other famous song of the conflict - on the Northern side - was literally titled "John Brown's Body."
The idea that the Civil War was not primarily- 50+% - about slavery is not just dumb but funny: it comes down to the famous cent-right Chasing Goose Meme.
A: "It was about STATES' RIGHTS!!!"
B: "A state's right to do WHAT, motherfu*ker?!"
Never thought I’d see the day where people crying about physicality IN THE FINALS.
This after crying about flopping for a month.
NBA twitter deadass just live to complain lol
All of America watching Euros rave about Waffle House, Chilis apps, buying Combos at a rural gas station, floating the Chattahoochee, and ranch dressing on the internet:
Granted my age is probably what informs this opinion, but GBA cartridges had a cool factor that no other game cartridges had, not even the original colored Pokémon GBC games. As objects, Ruby and Sapphire cartridges are simply bewitching to behold.
"Historians": you know, the Israelites actually used to worship pagan Gods!
Jeremiah, Isaiah, Elijah, and the rest of the prophets: *weeping* Yes, we know