I'm from New England but went down to the South for grad school and have had some very similar conversations. One of the first weeks I was there one of my classmates was going on about the War of Northern Agression. Just to mess with him I started agreeing with him that it was a War of Northern Agression, only to tell him that it was a shame the North didn't go further in destroying the South.
When ever I see Confederate flags in Ohio, for "heritage", I like to remind them that Ohio's heritage is Grant and Sherman. Really fucks with them. Especially if they are from West Virginia...and I remind them of why West Virginia exists.
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u/Tracicot Jul 12 '24
I'm from New England but went down to the South for grad school and have had some very similar conversations. One of the first weeks I was there one of my classmates was going on about the War of Northern Agression. Just to mess with him I started agreeing with him that it was a War of Northern Agression, only to tell him that it was a shame the North didn't go further in destroying the South.
He didn't talk to me much after that....