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Johnson really fucked up post-war. From the perspective of those who saw the South’s principles as abhorrent and detestable. I’m sure he thought he did just fine, tho.
Not hanging those traitors was one of the largest fuckups in the nation's history.
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I see people blame Trump, Bush Jr, Reagan, and Nixon for our current political woes, and while not incorrect, how our country canceled Reconstruction and made peace with those who tore our nation apart to be cruel to those they felt were subhuman and gave them back their property and power is a slap in the face to what we supposedly stand for and is disrespectful to all those that died in the war and were formally enslaved before the war and systematically enslaved after it. We just acted like the whole thing never happened. And people wonder why that sentiment of racism, classism, and entitlement still persists...
We had a chance to do something, and we chose to just forget. Stories like this just show we still choose to forget, or worse yet, some people do remember, because they benefited in the long run.
Reagan and Co. are really responsible for creating and stoking the "Christian" right in this country, and they're a huge (and often intertwined with the racist South) problem.
I was born during the Reagan era, so a bit too young to know much about it from the time, so it never ceases to amaze me how much he helped facilitate the backwards slide of our society. I think his administration was so effective as it was the combined efforts made by conservatives from what they learned by what happened with Nixon. The conservative "think tanks," the creation of purposefully biased media platforms, the Powell Memorandum, courting the evangelicals, etc. were all effective both then and to this day. There is a ton we can all still learn about from this era.
My thoughts are just that surely much of this could have been prevented if we had taken better action when we had half of American aristocracy backed into a corner, and instead of doing anything about it, we just collectively said, "well, it looks like you guys learned your lesson, so here's all your stuff back, just don't call them slaves anymore and try to be discrete with your racism for a few decades." Our ancestors defended this country, won, but then allowed 90% of the causes of the war to persist. To think they wouldn't try to claw back the rest of what they had was naive and the "peace" gained by pardoning these people responsible has led to over a century of misery, especially to the people that had suffered most prior to the war, was not worth the cost of us not harshly correcting our national politics when we had the chance.
Seeing Lee and others argue for peace and moving on is no surprise. He was the perpetrator, and the loser of the fight. Why wouldn't he want the world to forget about that? Who would expect the losing enemy general to call for harsh punishment for their actions? It's the same reason why these Nixon, Reagan, and Bush officials are willing to publicly bash Trump when he's not looking like a sure winner. It takes the attention off of what they got away with, and if they keep us mad at Trump, that less time to focus on their actions.
This is why while all this news ticks me off and makes me unhappy, I still try to keep learning about it and at least staying aware of who is saying what. Just because they people are "agreeing" with us now doesn't mean they really support what they are saying, and it doesn't make up for the actions they took against the American people.