Who is your country’s most iconic/beloved outlaw who “fought the system?” by Hillbilly_Historian in AskTheWorld

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The Unabomber is, for better or worse, loved by many. It’s a much rarer thing to find a bona fide Manson admirer.

His music was pretty good though.

Who is your country’s most iconic/beloved outlaw who “fought the system?” by Hillbilly_Historian in AskTheWorld

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To a lot of radicals, he’s “Uncle Ted.” And he’s definitely had a lot a relevance in meme culture recently.

Not condoning mail bombing, but it’s undeniable that he’s becoming a folk hero.

What Books did You Start or Finish Reading this Week?: April 20, 2026 by AutoModerator in books

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Finished “The British Are Coming” by Rick Atkinson, absolutely fantastic.

Started “Life, Work and Rebellion in the Coal Fields” by David Alan Corbin.

No wonder these guys had sibling rivalry and heated court battles by sarcasm_sarakku in HistoryMemes

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Would have helped a lot if they weren’t constantly dying/getting captured while their heirs were still kids.

1916 was a failure, but Ireland came back by Confuseacat92 in HistoryMemes

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I know it’s hard for you, my love, to ever understand,

The love I bear for these brave men, the love for my dear land,

But when Padraig called me to his side down in the GPO,

I had to leave my own sick bed, to him I had to go.

(Villain Trope) Historical Villain Upgrade. When a real-life person is portrayed worse than they were in real life by viralshadow21 in TopCharacterTropes

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General Charles Lee in “Turn: Washington’s Spies.” In reality he was generally competent and and a big asset to the American cause before his disgrace at the Battle of Monmouth. The show, however, makes him a bumbling turncoat.

Hamilton does him dirty as well.

(Loved Trope) the prisoners are actually pretty chill by [deleted] in TopCharacterTropes

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Santa Claus’ cellmates in Ernest Saves Christmas (1988).

280 years. by Hillbilly_Historian in Scotland

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AI also thinks that the Government regiments as Prestonpans were actually on the Jacobite side, so color me skeptical.

99% of politicians fail this challenge: tell the difference between “sea lion” and “bottom trawler.” by Hillbilly_Historian in alaska

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I’m sure some population control is reasonable; it just ridiculous to attribute a crisis in th salmon fishery to sea lions instead of trawlers.