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Can anyone tell me another nation in which an elected official would praise the losing side of its civil war. In any way shape or form nearly 200 years after the fact

16 upvotes, 6 comments. Yik Yak image post by Anonymous in US Politics. "Can anyone tell me another nation in which an elected official would praise the losing side of its civil war. In any way shape or form nearly 200 years after the fact"

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Anonymous 8w

I read through it twice & it literally just reads like a “fun fact of the day” type thing.

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Anonymous 8w

Maybe I read this wrong and I’m naive but it seems like he’s just giving a history lesson

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Anonymous 8w

If they don’t censure him for this…lmfao

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Anonymous 8w

sometimes people can just post about history and it doesn’t have to have a persuasive angle one way or another

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Anonymous

#2 8w

Also, he’s from Georgia, wtf does any of this have to do with him besides the fact his state was in the Confederacy?

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Anonymous

#3 8w

I think that’s how he’s getting plausible deniability. He doesn’t finish off with anything about being glad the Union eventually won or anything, and that’s the issue for me

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