[wideawake]

The victors get to raise the statues

This insistence on being "victors" and demanding the rights of "victors" carries with it the idea that those who lost the war and their descendants are not fellow citizens but a conquered and subject people.

Keep reinforcing that stupid, destructive idea.

[Cogadh na Sith]

carries with it the idea that those who lost the war and their descendants are not fellow citizens but a conquered and subject people.

Only so long as you try to argue against the historical reality and delegitimize the capitulation that your ancestors accepted with grace and dignity.

This is not outcome-based history to improve your self-esteem.

Old Town Albuquerque still has on display the Texas cannons captured at the Battle of Glorietta Pass.

[smith288]

This insistence on being "victors" and demanding the rights of "victors" carries with it the idea that those who lost the war and their descendants are not fellow citizens but a conquered and subject people.

Keep reinforcing that stupid, destructive idea.

No offense, but how on earth can anyone on this board really have true feeling of defeat to the hands of the Union? I dont feel victorious vicariously through my ancestors.