Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 5 days agoIt's wild to see people in real time learning that war is bad and civilians die a lot. As if contemporary wars are the only ones that have had mass civilian casualties. Shit is horrific always.message-squaremessage-square63linkfedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down12
arrow-up158arrow-down1message-squareIt's wild to see people in real time learning that war is bad and civilians die a lot. As if contemporary wars are the only ones that have had mass civilian casualties. Shit is horrific always.Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square63linkfedilink
minus-squareMousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoUnfortunately, the “people of the South” (their leaders, at least) were fighting to preserve slavery, so “a terrible thing” was hardly a deal-breaker for them.
Unfortunately, the “people of the South” (their leaders, at least) were fighting to preserve slavery, so “a terrible thing” was hardly a deal-breaker for them.