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[–] Landmammals 6 points 11 months ago

There's an old saying that the Civil War was "a rich man's war, but a poor man's fight".

The National Parks Service put this together, and I think it really shows the people who died were fighting for a variety of reasons. It doesn't mean we should glorify the Confederacy, but the people in that cemetery deserve their peace.

https://www.nps.gov/apco/planyourvisit/upload/Why-Confederates-Fought-Final.pdf

Rush Limbaugh's grave, on the other hand, will always be a gender-neutral bathroom.