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[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 36 points 1 week ago

I am quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I know think vainly, flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done.

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[-] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 24 points 1 week ago

Never forget- John Brown is the first American hung for treason. The Confederate leaders got minimal incarceration (if any), pardoned, or just walked back into society like nothing happened. Then they built statutes, named schools, and carved a mountainside with their images. Our only consolation is that Stonewall got shot by his own troops and died in agony a few days later after having his arm sawn off.

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

John Brown

Perfectly normal reaction to slavery. The sickest among us are well adjusted to this unjust world. Like a gambling addict who always wins. Until they dont...

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