• @marito
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    162 years ago

    Why was there a general from a different country in the US Capitol in the first place?

    • PugJesusOP
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      142 years ago

      The Confederacy wasn’t a different country, it was a rebellion.

      Which in some ways makes its presence even more insane.

      • @fence_prude
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        32 years ago

        But they did secede and form a different—albeit shortlived—country.

        • PugJesusOP
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          102 years ago

          That would require recognizing them as a country, which the Union never has and never will. As I am a Good Union Boy™, I also have this stance.

          THE UNION FOREVER, HURRAH, BOYS, HURRAH

        • @c0c0c0
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          22 years ago

          But not a recognized one.