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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a descendant of poor white mountain trash subsistence farmers from southwestern Virginia who were forced to fight and die on behalf of rich southern plantation owners, I see absolutely nothing romantic or whimsical about dressing up like Scarlet O’Hara and sipping mint juleps under a magnolia tree.

[b]My great great grandfathers and uncles bled and died because  wealthy 1% southern elites wanted to continue to own other human beings. And my kin were drafted and marched off to die for them in places like Chancellorsville, Bull Run and Antietam.[/b]

So as a southerner, nah, I have no fondness for Antebellum culture LARPing. [/quote]

Honestly, this is super dramatic considering that you DID NOT KNOW these people... honestly, do you really shed tears over your ancestors who died 100 years before you were born?  If so, then I think you need to get some perspective.  Truly.

(Also, kudos on painting your Confederate ancestors as the true victims 🙄)[/quote]
You might want to re-read PP’s post a little slower. [/quote]

Done.  Not sure your what your implication is?  Maybe you can try to explain your point?[/quote]
PP wasn’t painting her Confederate ancestors as “the true victims.” And I think her other point, that 155 years ago wasn’t that long ago, stands too. That’s the whole point people are making about having parties glorifying the era and place of enslavement; it’s a thumb in the eye to people for whom it wasn’t the distant past. [/quote]

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