A great take on the romanticizing of Confederate history:

[thucythucy]

[PCB66]

1. My great(3) grandfather

was a Confederate soldier. He served in the 9th Florida Regiment. Fought at the Battle of Olustee and Cold Harbor. After the war he walked from Virginia back to Polk County Florida. This was back before I-95 was built. It took him six months to get home. He never took the amnesty oath.

He wrote almost 200 letters while serving. We donated the letters to the Library at the University of Florida.

I have always been fascinated with Civil War history.

[Sparkly]

8. I hope his letters have been preserved.

That's amazing!

[ChicagoTeamster]

2. The Confederacy lasted less than 5 years. It stole existing Southern Themes. It has no heritage other than rebellion

against their government for the purpose of preserving the institution of slavery and the wealth of the slave owners.

[PatSeg]

11. A bunch of indignant, outraged lawbreakers

Like toddlers, they think they have the right to do or say whatever they want, while at the same time calling for others to be "locked up". The arrogance is only surpassed by the woeful ignorance.

[mitch96]

18. And remember that the FIRST rebel flag was the Betsy Ross Flag!! Adopted June 14, 1777

[PatSeg]

19. Yes

Meanwhile, the Confederates pretended they were equal to the heroes of the Revolutionary War, fighting oppression and tyranny. They were just cosplayers who had little understanding of their own history.

[cab67]

13. People forget how brief the Confederacy's history was.

5 years? I have pairs of socks older than that. Not just random old socks, either - I still wear them.

I have canned goods in my pantry older than that.

I'm required to keep final exams turned in by my students longer than that.

The original Star Wars trilogy was released over a longer period of time than that.

I spent more time in graduate school.

[PatSeg]

15. Bizarre, isn't it?

That it still lives on in 2026. Generations of people have not moved on from 1863. They are stuck in a fantasy world that really never existed except in their stagnant little brains.

Meanwhile, they blame all their problems on an oppression that never existed. They actually seem to covet the oppression of the people THEIR ancestors enslaved and claim that somehow THEY are the victims. Ironically, most of their families didn't even own slaves and were treated poorly by rich landowners. The good economy of the old south only benefited a small percentage of white people, but they got a whole lot of poor folk to fight and die for something that served the rich elite.

[hatrack]

16. Nirvana lasted longer than the CSA

.

[unblock]

3. "The 'loseriest' day"

[mountain grammy]

10. He sure has a way with words

[Wounded Bear]

4. Good timing. I turned this vid on just as MSNow went to trump babbling on the lawn...

I find it helps my sanity when I mute trump.

The Liberal Redneck is great.

[erronis]

5. Trae Crowder is a voice of sanity hidden in that drawl. (Bet he speaks well when he wants...)

[bmichaelh]

6. Slave hunts

When the Confederate troops went north of the Maxon-Dixon line, they engaged in slave hunts.

Lee and other commanders were not honorable.

[cksmithy]

7. The liberal redneck speaks truth.

Love him.

[Brother Buzz]

9. South Got Whopped

[yardwork]

12. I love this guy.

[Ilsa]

14. I love how he has a short, pithy post script:

"And fuck all them statues, too."

[Botany]

17. Trae on white red necks: "Fatter than most livestock."

I hope President Tammy Duckworth makes Trae him the White House Spokesperson.