• Broncos_Fan@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    One of my favorite moments in politics was when Virginia tried to get Minnesota to return their blood soaked civil war flag that was taken as a trophy.

    Jesse Ventura put it perfectly: “Why? We won.”

    • ulfhednardwarf@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Darn straight. To the victor goes the spoils. Especially when the loser was a such a problematic state (i.e. a nation built on slavery and led by a racist white minority that acted as an aristocracy)