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Fire Memes for Traitor Haters

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Where we meme (joking in tone and detail, serious in sentiment) about General Sherman, the Civil War, and how the secesh traitors had it coming.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Me 20 years ago: Sherman went too far. That level of destruction was unnecessary.

Me now: Why accept a surrender when the enemy is still out there?

[–] PugJesus 12 points 2 months ago

"I was not bound by the laws of war to give notice of the shelling of Atlanta, a "fortified town, with magazines, arsenals, founderies, and public stores;" you were bound to take notice. See the books."

Best "It's legal, actually" comeback in... well, actually, there were a lot of good ones during the Civil War. But that one's pretty up there.