gridlore: Doug looking off camera with a grin (US Flag)
Douglas Berry ([personal profile] gridlore) wrote2010-11-30 06:13 pm
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OK, I need to win the lottery NOW!

As most of you probably realize, next month marks the beginning of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. Southern lunatics in deep denial are planning any number of commemorations that completely dismiss the idea that slavery was part of the succession of the failed Confederate States.

Why do I need to win the lottery? Because I want to bankroll a road trip in 2014 starting in Chattanooga, Tennessee. From there, we'll take a leisurely trip down to Atlanta, have a BBQ, then march to Savannah. In Union uniforms, carrying Union flags, and singing Union marching songs. Pillaging would be frowned on, though there are some great antique places on the Atlantic coast.

You want to celebrate slavery and treason? I'll celebrate cutting through your heartland like a hot knife through grits and burning your cities to the ground.

Deal?

[identity profile] john-appel.livejournal.com 2010-12-02 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
I'm just about finished reading U.S. Grant's memoirs. Doug, if you haven't read this yet, you should.

And to the person whose husband refers to the Civil War as the "War of Northern Aggression", I suggest taking a look at the actual articles of secession passed by the various Confederate states. They were hot for blood, started the shooting, and all because what they wanted was to own other human beings. These are the facts, in their own words.