Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoTIL the U.S. Civil War is called "The Slave War" in Icelandiclemmy.worldimagemessage-square87linkfedilinkarrow-up1840arrow-down115
arrow-up1825arrow-down1imageTIL the U.S. Civil War is called "The Slave War" in Icelandiclemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square87linkfedilink
minus-squareTiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·2 years agoIn parts of the South it’s been rebranded as the “War of Northern Aggression” 🙄
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·2 years agoThen they get all red in the face when you ask them who shot the first shots.
minus-squareTiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·2 years agoThat would require them to know history
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years agoThey know, they choose to ignore it.
minus-squarePlainSimpleGarak@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoI’m sure there are some rednecks who call it that, but I’d be interested to know if there is a single, modern day public school text book that calls it that.
In parts of the South it’s been rebranded as the “War of Northern Aggression” 🙄
Then they get all red in the face when you ask them who shot the first shots.
That would require them to know history
They know, they choose to ignore it.
Some do. A whole lot don’t.
I’m sure there are some rednecks who call it that, but I’d be interested to know if there is a single, modern day public school text book that calls it that.