#Confederacy

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

So.We should talk about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the Black Easter of 1865 that forever changed America by knotting national identity and religion and hiding our toxic racism.Here's

Kevin M. Kruse

KevinMKruse

No, as a professor, I understand the Civil War was fought over slavery, because that's what the South repeatedly said the Civil War was about. https://twitter.com/ClarkDell00/status/1030241174211244032 In its simplest terms,

Keri Leigh Merritt, Ph.D.

KeriLeighMerrit

I have so much to do today but if I could I'd write an op-ed on the ways slaveholders & the #Confederacy kept poor whites uneducated, illiterate, & ignorant of

Irish Smuggling

IrishSmuggling

I promised @Reynolds_Irl that i would add some info to this #WhereInWaterford photo taken by @deisespud. The forty steps at Creaden Head and the road it led to Bothar an

Dr Rob Thompson

DrRobThompson

Day 1 of Confederate Heritage Month. We honor then Captain David G. Farragut, a Southerner who remained loyal to the United States, for his defeat of Confederate traitors at the

ARCHANGEL MICHAEL IS WITH YOU

ArchangelAmongU

03/04/20: WHAT IS THE “LAW OF ONE,” AND HOW DOES IT RELATE TO “RA” AND THE “RA MATERIAL?” Hello, my friends. Today I’ll be reviewing the Law of One for

Amy Bee 🐝

aeb082917

I'm from the South, specifically small town TX and the Confederate flag has been a cultural issue that I've had trouble articulating to people outside this culture *thread* First, I

Légion d'honneur 🟢⚫🇺🇸🇪🇺

Imperial_Eagle2

Thread: In my experience, there are 3 types of libertarians. Some are confused, and some are just wrong, in my opinion.1. The first type of libertarian is the "evil" one.

You Dont Know Me, But...

NorwoodAye

WHILE WE’RE ON THE SUBJECT OF TEARING DOWN CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS AND CANCELING THINGS THAT ARE BEYOND PROBLEMATICPLEASEPLEASEI AM BEGGING YOUPLEASE STOP GLORIFYING “SWEET HOME ALABAMA.”(- 1/15) It is not a

L.D. Burnett

LDBurnett

For those who don't have California real estate money, what is the best blue state/blue metropolitan area to retire in? Reqs: never part of the Confederacy, few to no confederate

Netflix

netflix

If you’re wondering why people are calling for today, Juneteenth, to be a national holiday... you might only know part 1 of the “how slavery ended in America” story.When white

Nabadoon Elmi

movement_somali

Thread: Understanding the opportunistic tripartite relations between Ethiopia Eritrea and Somalia Out of the three leaders only Afwerki has domestic stability and has manoeuvred the other two by appealing to

Dissident Peasant

JeffHisDudeness

As both a @SamSeder guy and A History Guy I'd like to reiterate something he mentioned: monuments are ultimately unreliable representations of what they depict, but they nearly always reveal

Reconcile Sylva

ReconcileSylva

*TW for racial violence* This Friday, September 18th, marks the 105th anniversary for the monument dedication ceremony for the Confederate monument in Sylva, NC. Here's a #thread on the history

Bryan Newland

RealBNewland

The President of the United States has issued a racist proclamation this morning celebrating manifest destiny. I won't share - you can find it yourself.Indigenous Peoples Day is not about

Anthony Crider

acrider

Traffic circle is closed today and a self-described boogaloo @Mattattacks25 is holding a Black Lives Matter sign, talking with the deputies, and giving speeches on the treasonous Confederacy and the