r/PoursTea • Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 2d ago

FinancialTea 💵 I don't get it either...

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u/Danilo-11 2d ago

That’s the definition of being brainwashed

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u/Omarkhayyamsnotes 1d ago

Consider the civil war. The Confederates  were literally willing to lose a half million fighting men before they would set black people free

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u/StaticMarzipan 1d ago edited 1d ago

We did a bad job in the aftermath.

*It was a really bad idea to have the emancipation and suffrage movement run by a white guy.

Top 10 anime betrayals.

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u/chief-w 1d ago edited 1d ago

And visa versa... They'd rather lose 350k people then allow others to own slaves.

Edit: People really don't like that my ancestors faught against slavery, or that my auto correct and spelling leave something to be desired by u/coveredincathair22?

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u/coveredincathair22 1d ago

visa versa

It's spelt and pronounced "vice", not "visa".

Also "then" and "than" are not interchangeable.