• eldavi@lemmy.ml
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      1 month ago

      and intentionally so as well; just like the isrealis making jerusalem their capital.

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    To be clear about Lincoln, he was handed a request for an even bigger mass hanging, and reduced it down to 38. He didn’t think he could deny the having request entirely without ending up ignored and having even more people killed. You can call him whenever names you like, but his intent was to keep as many people alive as he thought he could.

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      29 days ago

      (not so) fun facts:

      • The location of the hanging is in what is now Mankato, MN.
      • It is the home town of Mike Lindell (conspiracy theorist and mypillow guy)
      • It is also the home town of Tim Walz, current MN governor and 2024 democratic VP candidate.
      • I’m currently less than a half mile from the location
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    Don’t forget Native Americans called Washington “Town Destroyer”. And it was not only because he was destroying towns but also because he inherited this title from his great-grandpa who was also called Town Destroyer because he also destroyed towns. Generally, when i look at the history of British-USA ruling class, destroying native towns was very popular among them.

    Oh, and he liked that nickname.

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    Wasn’t there a myth about how Washington had horse teeth in his mouth? There’s a great bit my Geoffrey Asmus on that, how he eventually learns it was slave teeth

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      Yep kinda, the white-washing history myth that most US gradeschoolers get taught is that “george washington had wooden teeth”. The reality is that a lot of his teeth were from his slaves.

      Margaret Kimberly’s - Prejudential goes through every US president individually, and has a good chapter on him.