1. Lee surrendered to Grant 152 years ago. As @brianbeutler notes, Confederacy Defeat Day should be a holiday: https://newrepublic.com/article/121406/civil-war-150th-anniversary-confederacy-defeat-should-be-holiday …
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2. If Southerners wanted to celebrate their heritage, this and not the confederate flag should be flown.pic.twitter.com/uqILNiHA7R
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3. Today is also the 100th anniversary of Vimy Ridge, a famous battle Canadian soldiers participated in.
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3. Unlike the Civil War, World War I had no moral justification. Alas, rightful mourning over sacrifice of soldiers leads to myth making.
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oh look, someone needs to read up on Germany's war aims. Start with Fritz Fischer
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The war aims of German's opponents were no nobler. They were all imperialist powers.
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French and Belgians in particular might disagree. Just because you have a colony in the Congo doesn't mean you can't fight for your home
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Germans were much more humane to the Belgians than the Belgians were to the Congolese.
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Germans were much more humane to the Belgians than they were to the Hereros ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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