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El Supremo

(20,365 posts) Tue Nov 19, 2013, 11:19 PM Nov 2013

"History is written by the victors."

On this 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address nobody knows who first made this statement but The Civil War, War Between the States or War For Southern Independence is the prime example of this observation.

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"History is written by the victors." (Original Post) El Supremo Nov 2013 OP

Ya, the treasonous seccessionists story isn't fairly told. HereSince1628 Nov 2013 #1

I think it's told well enough. Hayabusa Nov 2013 #2

The treasonous confederacy lost, slavery is illegal. Dawson Leery Nov 2013 #3

-Captain Price Dash87 Nov 2013 #4

History is filled with liars. NuclearDem Nov 2013 #5

History is written by historians. BainsBane Nov 2013 #6

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)

1. Ya, the treasonous seccessionists story isn't fairly told.

Reply to El Supremo (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2013, 11:20 PM

Nov 2013

Hayabusa

(2,135 posts)

2. I think it's told well enough.

Reply to HereSince1628 (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 19, 2013, 11:26 PM

Nov 2013

"Waah, I want muh slaves! Waah! I'm going to get into a war I have absolutely no chance of winning!"

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)

3. The treasonous confederacy lost, slavery is illegal.

Reply to El Supremo (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2013, 11:38 PM

Nov 2013

Dash87

(3,220 posts)

4. -Captain Price

Reply to El Supremo (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2013, 11:38 PM

Nov 2013

j/k

NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)

5. History is filled with liars.

Reply to Dash87 (Reply #4)

Tue Nov 19, 2013, 11:39 PM

Nov 2013

BainsBane

(53,074 posts)

6. History is written by historians.

Reply to El Supremo (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2013, 11:41 PM

Nov 2013

and typically bears no relation to the mythology that the public thinks is history.

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