2 replies on “Upsetting Day: A Rebel Born, Revisited”
It’s so wild to me that they just put a modern, new-age witch here to proclaim Forrest’s divine destiny. That feels like the sort of thing Forrest would oppose, Lochlainn would find to be liberal bullshit, and most neo-Confederates watching this would hate. I desperately want to what went through the head of the writer who came up with that scene.
“Forrest is all grown up, from a twinky Weevil to a man-owning Beedrill.”
Oh god, I hate to be that guy, but it’s actually Weedle that evolves into Beedrill.
I have had ugly arguments with people about the War of Northern Aggression over the years. “It was about state’s rights!”, “It was about an invasion from the YankeesA!”, “It was about industrialization of rural raw materials to…” Yeah, whatever Engles. Come talk to me after the urban proletariat seize the means of production.
No, the war started over slavery. Why do I know that? The Montgomery Daily Post, which was the de facto paper of record for the Confederacy at least while the Confederate capital was still in Montgomery – think “The Washington Post” before Bezos when it was somewhat legit – said in a headline after Ft. Sumter, “The War Over Slaves Begins!”
Kind of a hint in a half…
Postscript: The Alabama Department of Archives and History used to have microfiche of newspapers from the Civil War and Reconstruction where I came across this gem. I don’t know if they still have it, or because of anti-DEI all that stuff has been thrown into the Alabama River and the staff all whipped into become Beauregard and Tom Jackson apologists.
Postscript2: Seriously though, if you want a good book to get you up to speed on the Civil War, I recommend Shelby Foote’s “The Civil War”. Well researched, and intimidating at 3000-ish pages over three volumes, but he is a hell of a good writer so it’s a surprisingly easy read.
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2 replies on “Upsetting Day: A Rebel Born, Revisited”
It’s so wild to me that they just put a modern, new-age witch here to proclaim Forrest’s divine destiny. That feels like the sort of thing Forrest would oppose, Lochlainn would find to be liberal bullshit, and most neo-Confederates watching this would hate. I desperately want to what went through the head of the writer who came up with that scene.
“Forrest is all grown up, from a twinky Weevil to a man-owning Beedrill.”
Oh god, I hate to be that guy, but it’s actually Weedle that evolves into Beedrill.
I have had ugly arguments with people about the War of Northern Aggression over the years. “It was about state’s rights!”, “It was about an invasion from the YankeesA!”, “It was about industrialization of rural raw materials to…” Yeah, whatever Engles. Come talk to me after the urban proletariat seize the means of production.
No, the war started over slavery. Why do I know that? The Montgomery Daily Post, which was the de facto paper of record for the Confederacy at least while the Confederate capital was still in Montgomery – think “The Washington Post” before Bezos when it was somewhat legit – said in a headline after Ft. Sumter, “The War Over Slaves Begins!”
Kind of a hint in a half…
Postscript: The Alabama Department of Archives and History used to have microfiche of newspapers from the Civil War and Reconstruction where I came across this gem. I don’t know if they still have it, or because of anti-DEI all that stuff has been thrown into the Alabama River and the staff all whipped into become Beauregard and Tom Jackson apologists.
Postscript2: Seriously though, if you want a good book to get you up to speed on the Civil War, I recommend Shelby Foote’s “The Civil War”. Well researched, and intimidating at 3000-ish pages over three volumes, but he is a hell of a good writer so it’s a surprisingly easy read.