My mother just got a new boy friend from Alabama so I have now visited Alabama a few times. Every time I hear from him about “the war of northern aggression” and once he even went as far as saying the south just needs to drop a bomb on the north, when I responded with “you want to start another war?” He said “no I want to finish it.” I had no idea we were in a war with the south. Since then i have been noticing a lot of stickers on facebook saying things about southern pride with the confederate flag; before i thought nothing of it but now every time I see that stuff it reminds me of the war I didn’t know about. Even in there Walmart they have a huge confederate flag as well as many other places i saw down there.
Is the “Civil War” taught in school as the “War Of Northern Aggression”?
and are these feeling of hate normal in people from the south?
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Please name some of the more plentiful cycad species of the southern and southwestern United States?
This isn’t homework. I’m studying neurological disorders, and environmental ‘toxins’. A relative has ALS.
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Just wondering.
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why do people so very quickly forget that history pulled a hasty reverse on democrats vs republicans on the issues that showed their identity. From the the Age of Lincoln up until the election of Teddy Roosevelt the parties we know as the Democratic and Republican parties were mirror versions of their modernday counterpartsup until 1910. Today the Republicans fight for fiscally conservative, socially conservative ideals. You know who had that title when Abe Lincoln was elected? the Democrats (yeah bet you didnt see that one coming)who did moderatley well across the country but had strongholds south of the mason/dixon line. Republicans adversely were fiscally liberal and socially liberal and held moderate support around the country but had a stronghold in the New England states. Mirror Mirror says……oooooooo….one of Republicans top whip out of pocket facts to protect the idea they dont support social/racial suppression is actually the opposite of what they were founded on (Lincoln started the Republican party and how it got to this bastardized state i have no idea) and in fact what their opponents represent!…ooooo…..i sense some wicked comments coming my way….
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