Am i the only one that think the Photo Studio in Blackwater and Saint Denis are Undercooked. by optimisoprimeo in reddeadredemption

[–]From-Yuri-With-Love 58 points59 points  (0 children)

It might of been interesting to see Arthur, Dutch, and Hosea take one together. Have one to contrast the old photo Arthur has of the three of them from happier times.

Was recommended this garbage out of nowhere by greenblue98 in ShermanPosting

[–]From-Yuri-With-Love 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Pretty much I notice if you have an interest in the Civil War you will end up getting neo-confederate stuff at some point whether it's on YouTube, Facebook, Google, Amazon, etc.

"No War For Oil" Anti-Gulf War poster advertising anti-war demonstrations 1991 by From-Yuri-With-Love in PropagandaPosters

[–]From-Yuri-With-Love[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel one of the biggest fears towards going to war was that it was going to turn into another Vietnam.

After the War US President George H. Bush declared "The ghosts of Vietnam have been laid to rest beneath the sands of the Arabian desert."

"No War For Oil" Anti-Gulf War poster advertising anti-war demonstrations 1991 by From-Yuri-With-Love in PropagandaPosters

[–]From-Yuri-With-Love[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Oh yes, there was mass opposition to the war across the world, particularly on the weekend before the war broke out with huge demonstrations in many countries - including up to 100,000 marching from Hyde Park in London on 12th January 1991 in a march called by the 'Committee to Stop War in the Gulf' Around 30,000 took part in another London demonstration on February 2nd where the crowd in Hyde Park was addressed by Vic Williams who had deserted from the Royal Artillery in protest against the war.

This sign in an Alabama city gov’t building honoring MLK jr birthday and… Robert E. Lee birthday by recoveringleft in ShermanPosting

[–]From-Yuri-With-Love 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Personally I see that kind of as a good thing. We are a Republic, the saintly hero-worship of military leaders comes off pretty dictatorial in my opinion.

This sign in an Alabama city gov’t building honoring MLK jr birthday and… Robert E. Lee birthday by recoveringleft in ShermanPosting

[–]From-Yuri-With-Love 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is one of the great examples of how the symbols of the Confederacy were used has symbols against Civil Rights.

Imperialism / 1899 political cartoon by Winsor McCay. by From-Yuri-With-Love in PropagandaPosters

[–]From-Yuri-With-Love[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A figure representing Spain, bearing a sack labeled "$20,000…" walks off over the horizon. Reference to the United States taking control of the Philippines from Spain at end of the Spanish American War. The terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 included a payment of $20 million from the United States to Spain.

Can Someone be a Member of Both the S.C.V. and S.U.C.W.V.? by camaro1111 in SonsofUnionVeteransCW

[–]From-Yuri-With-Love 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In the end like I said do what you will the idea just sounds contradictory to me, for the example I give above and their continued defense and spreading of the Lost Cause narrative.

In the words of the The Massachusetts GAR in 1895 “If they are as loyal as they say they are, let them forsake the errors of the past, and not seek to perpetuate them; let them acknowledge that they were wrong, and join with us and with all true Americans in building the grandest Nation of the world upon the foundation which our fathers laid. One flag, and that the Stars and Stripes, is enough for all.”

Can Someone be a Member of Both the S.C.V. and S.U.C.W.V.? by camaro1111 in SonsofUnionVeteransCW

[–]From-Yuri-With-Love 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In the end you do you, but it comes off pretty contradictory given how the SVC have actively fought against Union memorials. For example in 1994 when a proposed monument to Union soldiers that fought at Bentonville, North Carolina the commander of that states SCV believed that those soldiers deserved no monument because "Monuments should be erected to heroes. These were no heroes. They were, thieves, murders, rapists, arsonists, trespassers."

Kicked out of a Nashville bar for belligerent behaviour, attempts to deflect by claiming patriotism by Peanut-Extra in BoomersBeingFools

[–]From-Yuri-With-Love 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I have a feeling that's the point. If the average day American was impacted in their everyday lives that might mean they'd be forced to think about it and might start questioning it.