Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL the U.S. Civil War is called "The Slave War" in Icelandiclemmy.worldimagemessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1865arrow-down116
arrow-up1849arrow-down1imageTIL the U.S. Civil War is called "The Slave War" in Icelandiclemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square90fedilink
minus-squareTiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoIn parts of the South it’s been rebranded as the “War of Northern Aggression” 🙄
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·1 year agoThen they get all red in the face when you ask them who shot the first shots.
minus-squareTiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·1 year agoThat would require them to know history
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoThey know, they choose to ignore it.
minus-squarePlainSimpleGarak@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoI’m sure there are some rednecks who call it that, but I’d be interested to know if there is a single, modern day public school text book that calls it that.
In parts of the South it’s been rebranded as the “War of Northern Aggression” 🙄
Then they get all red in the face when you ask them who shot the first shots.
That would require them to know history
They know, they choose to ignore it.
Some do. A whole lot don’t.
I’m sure there are some rednecks who call it that, but I’d be interested to know if there is a single, modern day public school text book that calls it that.