Havin lived in the South a couple of times it never ceased to amaze me how obsessed some of the locals were with the Civil War. More importantly how they took issue with any from the “North” about how awful you were simply because you were from the “North”. After politely listening to their ramblings and rantings, I would remind of two things.
1. I could NOT possible care any less.
2. Just rember this (as jerked my thumb to my chest) WINNERS.
You’d better be glad your side won, because I hate to even think what America would be like without us.
Socialized medicine, nationwide same-sex marriage, Chuck Schumer as chief justice, Code Pink foreign policy.....
More importantly how they took issue with any from the “North” about how awful you...
Seems as if the point you made agrees with you behavior.
“1. I could NOT possible care any less.”
And yet, here you are still talking about it.
“2. Just rember this (as jerked my thumb to my chest) WINNERS.”
Yes, quite an achievement, taking four years to win a war where you outnumbered the enemy 4 to 1 with a never ending supply of immigrants to conscript “for the cause.”
And of course, YOU’RE the winner because you were a union soldier back in 1861.
Add to the credit of the North's "winning", the unintended consequence of the establishment of an almost unchecked, almost unstoppable federal expansion paving the way for the infant US government's transformation into largest government body upon the face of the planet.
The greater credit, I believe, was that this nation came from "these United States of America" to "the United States of America", with her people assuming a common goal of unity, far unlike the Baltic states.
one hopes that you left the southland (never to return), as we have more than enough "homegrown" idiots & bigots in dixie.we don't need ANY "out of state" ones.
free dixie,sw