Did the South win the war?

[Archae]

Not the Civil War.
We know the North won.

I mean the propaganda war.

Many Southerners refer not to the Civil War, but the "War Of Northern Aggression."

"Roots" and "12 Years A Slave" are more the exception than the rule.

"Duck Dynasty" stars look back fondly at the days pre-civil rights.

Texas schoolbooks are constantly being revised (or attempted to revise) to say slavery wasn't so bad.

[pacalo]

1. The "War of Northern Aggression".

Count me as one life-long Southerner who's hearing about this term for the first time.

[Scootaloo]

3. I knew a guy from Stone Mountain, GA who would call it nothing else

[wercal]

4. I grew up in Alabama and never heard this term until recently

[cemaphonic]

5. I lived in Atlanta for exactly 1 year and I heard it more than once.

And this was around 1988, so the term has been around for awhile.

[pacalo]

6. I consider myself lucky to be in the dark on this one.

Fortunately, I seem to learn more from DUers about Southerners that I haven't had the misfortune to experience as a Southerner myself.

[Behind the Aegis]

7. Funny that, huh?

Similar to a book report from someone who read the jacket cover or a movie review from someone who watched the trailers.

[pacalo]

9. You described it...

perfectly!

[tammywammy]

10. I've only read about people using the term

Life long Texan, never heard anyone say that instead of Civil War.

[Javaman]

17. the morons here in Texas call it that. nt

[greatlaurel]

2. No, but the propaganda war is still raging.

The money being spent by the Koch brothers and their John Birch Society and other propaganda organs like the State Policy Network is an all out attempt to keep us off balance. We have really got to get smarter at getting our message out. We need to get progressives to run for school boards and township trustees again. That is where we are getting beaten.

Very thought provoking post. Thanks!

[Skip Intro]

8. Oh come on, Archae.

Has it really come to random race-baiting and region-bashing for you?

[Iggo]

11. Not yet.

[mackerel]

12. I worked with a woman from Huntsville, Alabama

she said she didn't even know the South lost until they transferred her out here. She called it The War of Northern Aggression.

[LostOne4Ever]

13. They never called it that out here in texas

But they sure as hell tried to marginalize the slavery aspect and play up the part about states rights, exploitation of the south, and tariffs.

[Democracyinkind]

14. No, but they won the peace the moment that they killed Abe. nt.

[raccoon]

15. Lived in the South my entire life, and I never heard the Civil War referred to that

way in RL.

However, I have heard lots of people downplay the evils of slavery, and some people even
believe that the slavetraders and slaveowners did the slaves a favor by bringing them to
the US and enslaving them. I can't see how anybody can believe something so fucking
stupid.

[Loudly]

16. As relatively obscure as "War of the Rebellion."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_the_American_Civil_War