Comment on Justice for Longstreet
hansolo@lemmy.today 15 hours ago
Hey, let’s name some high schools after this guy.
Change it from Lee HS to Longstreet. Idiots won’t argue because “well, he was a Confederate!” But his story will live on as a legacy of change and reconstruction.
LemmySuxNow@reddthat.com 14 hours ago
Lost Cause types blame Longstreet for the loss at Gettysburg and therefore the entire war. Even though he tried to tell Lee that his plan of “send my entire army across a giant open field directly into enemy artillery” was shit and suggested the far more reasonable plan of moving toward DC and entrenching themselves to scare the congress into peace talks which may have actually worked.
hansolo@lemmy.today 14 hours ago
Stop! Stop it, I can’t like this dude anymore!
Edit: the meIRL-ness of “yo, dude, no, don’t do that! Shit, I fucken told ya. You know what? Fuck you, and fuck this all” is glorious.