@arthur_affect I always thought Turtledove had a weird fascination w/engineering Southern victories. No slight against him, but...
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@loudpenitent Its not just him. The long, solid tradition of obsessive Civil War reenactment is all about this - Show replies
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@grylxndr@arthur_affect Oh certainly. I'm not attacking Turtledove as a person or writer, just acknowledging my discomfort, puzzlement.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@grylxndr@arthur_affect I can think of a few. -
@loudpenitent@grylxndr Civil War counterfactual shit isn't inherently bad but white ppl don't interact w it the way black ppl do
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@grylxndr@loudpenitent "What if the South won the Civil War?" really ought to have the same moral resonance as "What if the Nazis won WWII"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@grylxndr@arthur_affect Yeah, folks always seem to want to let the CSA off by having them nobly cast off slavery & ascend to greatness, -
@grylxndr@arthur_affect while the North inevitably atrophies (when in reality the reverse is likely true)
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@arthur_affect Arthur, you're a moron. Controversy is a story is not a bad thing.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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