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minus-squareBarbecueCowboy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·27 days agoIf you were raised in the south, also that slavery was never really a big deal anyways and it was mostly a deal with the North like just being really unfair and mean.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down3·27 days agoOh yeah, also the slaves benefited from slavery because it gave them shelter and food and useful life skills. Also also the Civil War was about evil Northern aggression and the Confederacy is heritage, not hate.
minus-squareBarbecueCowboy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·27 days agoIf they’re over 60 also trying to take credit for major sports players. “Well, if it weren’t for that, maybe they wouldn’t be so tall and strong”. Not the most overtly racist thing I’ve heard from my southern family, but it’s definitely top 5.
If you were raised in the south, also that slavery was never really a big deal anyways and it was mostly a deal with the North like just being really unfair and mean.
Oh yeah, also the slaves benefited from slavery because it gave them shelter and food and useful life skills.
Also also the Civil War was about evil Northern aggression and the Confederacy is heritage, not hate.
If they’re over 60 also trying to take credit for major sports players.
“Well, if it weren’t for that, maybe they wouldn’t be so tall and strong”.
Not the most overtly racist thing I’ve heard from my southern family, but it’s definitely top 5.