• magnetosphere@fedia.io
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    21 hours ago

    Huh. I always took the term “lost cause” at face value, and thought it simply meant that the confederacy was hopeless and doomed to fail. I didn’t realize it was based on hypocrisy and lies. Thanks for the heads up!

    Edit: the more I read that Wikipedia page, the angrier I get

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      17 hours ago

      Shit, if you think you’re mad now, wait until you run into someone that’s still running that line of bullshit in 2025