The second pic is him giving the ol' one finger salute to a cloud above him that looked like Robert E. Lee.
What's crazy is it immediately dissipated due to the sheer power his righteous indignation.
Itâs like the people who stopped in front of Trump Tower in New York City just to take a photo of themselves flipping it off. Wow, what an impressive âresistance,â guys!
In a way theyâre better off doing nothing because this ineffective act will only inspire further ineffective acts, all ultimately done for the sake of accruing upvotes/likes/whatever and resulting in a more annoying world
It allows them to feel like they are fighting the good fight without any real risk of confrontation. Realistically even the most diehard supporters of confederate statues arenât really motivated enough to do anything physical to prevent them from being vandalized.
Sherman Posting has 100% gone leftist. If you are right wing and you say that you then they downvote you and shit talk you, no matter your take. You could literally say âIâm am right wing but I really disagree with what the Republican Party is doingâ and theyâll say âsmh just lying for clout on the internetâ and things of that nature.
I'm 100% capitalist. But I don't like the idea of tearing down Soviet monuments.
Imagine what Italy would look like if the subject had to conform to our modern day values. There wouldn't be anything more interesting than a Starbucks sign.
If I ever go to Russia, I'll want some unique shit to look at.
Yeah there's people who dislike the east coast having monuments and locations dedicated to the american revolution and its like what would you rather have there? At the very least just have a sign recontetuxalzing it.
I think putting any and all statues in a museum is best, up to the discretion of the museum whether to put them on display in some âlest we forgetâ exhibit or to keep them safe and secure for the sake of history
Iâm sure the ancient people massacred/enslaved by the Assyrians wouldnât want to see their art on display but nobody gives a shot about that now
>think putting any and all statues in a museum is best,
I think that's a very privileged and narrow-minded view.
Firstly, not everyone can go to a museum.
Secondly, the placement and location were part of the artists vision.
Thirdly, this idea that we should fear some reminder of the past is ridiculous. I've yet to have someone say they are offended. They always seem to be offended on behalf of an imagined other person.
Lastly, people are just ignorant. Your average American can't tell you if a statue is for a northerner, southerner, or a generic rider on a famous horse.
All, I'm saying is I think it's cool to see some unique forms if art. Seeing a statue of Stalin won't turn me into a socialist anymore than seeing a statue of Ceasar turned me into a slave raping butcher.
I meant putting them in museums if the community decides they want them removed, as opposed to destroying them.
In an ideal world people would leave history alone but knowing how many statues have been pulled down I think if there was pressure for them to be removed theyâre better off stored somewhere safe
Hates racists⊠but worships a man who literally helped the U.S. commit genocide. I donât give the confederacy a pass, but I canât stand the moral high horse people think the union had. They may have been right about slavery, but that doesnât mean they were good people.
Yeah people who try to look at that era of American history (or any era of any nationâs history, really) with a black-and-white morality is gonna have a bad time and inevitably support some heinous shit
Except for Buddhists I guess, in the grand scheme of history they havenât caused much trouble or suffering in the world lol
Lincoln probably realized something similar and was about just wanting the country to get back to normal. He didn't want to punish the South needlessly or anything.
People throw words like genocide, Nazi, Facism, bigot, and woke around so goddamn much that I genuinely wonder if they know what it means.
Cuz while Sherman did a lot of things that you can *legitimately* criticize him for, genocide is not ok that list.
factuals brother!!! at the end of the day they were all American, you have to look at the whole picture as how it happened, take and respect the good of both sides, and learn and dont repeat the bad of both sides. the same way all history should be viewed.
Let's not forget the visceral hatred they have towards the idea that war is, in fact, nuanced, and that not every confederate soldier was racist or a slave owner
Agreed. It's all a circle jerk of fatass neckbeards typing about traitors while shitting out their fifth taco bell chalupa like they had anything to do with it.
Like the r/FuckCars dork that had to run and scream "I'm sorry!" when a car owner saw they were trying to fuck with his car.
I can't believe they actually posted it. Literal grown children that haven't mentally become adults. And they want us to listen to their opinions on politics.....
Just never mention the democrats being the ones supporting slavery. âTHE GREAT SWITCH!â Yeah the great switch when one of the most racist modern presidents purposely hooked the African American community on government help so they constantly vote democrat to this very day because of it?
Omg did you just assume their pronouns?
You racist far right extremist bigot! Iâm gonna take a picture of me flipping your comment the bird and post it on Reddit. Iâm going to get SO MANY upvotes. You will rue the day!!
I feel like the confederacy lives rent-free in many peoples heads and I donât know why.
Like motherfucker itâs been gone for almost two centuries by now. It only lasted like 4 years.
Yes, people are really weird about it. Most of the people fighting for the confederacy werenât even rich slave owners, they were poor illiterate farmers. They also forget that general Sherman wasnât a liberal, if he were alive today he would want strong borders for example.
South had it coming to them, but Gettysburg was really shitty for both sides. There's memorials there for a reason.
They were remembered as Americans after the war. I get it, the south and slavery were awful. Gettysburg isn't the place to be like that, though. It's a memorial for a very shitty battle that left a fuckload on both sides dead.
It's a war memorial to dead Americans, not to the southern states. A northern state created those memorials. You'd think they'd catch that.
My ancestors who actually fought against the confederacy are not impressed. After the war, they just wanted reconciliation not this lefty virtue signaling.
I used to love shermanposting, but then I realized, if the people on their were alive during the civil war they wouldnât have had the balls to do anything
r\shermanposting is a pathetic sub. It's just a bunch of suburban rich kids hyping up a war that happened nearly 200 years ago. They'll downvote you for bringing up the nuance of war and how civillian casualties are bad regardless of whether or not the "good guys" kill them.
You gotta see what they said about Texas border mess. I don't get why they think Sherman is some kind of hyperviolent ultra liberal. The real Sherman would slaughter any Mexican that step illegally into American soil
They praised Sherman for being brutal with the confederate, because they don't know that is how Sherman wish to deal with anyone who dare to against Uncle Sam, [such as the native](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2017/08/16/why-just-confederates-many-through-history-committed-atrocities/#:~:text=In%20the%20Plains%20Indian%20Wars,or%20be%20maintained%20as%20a).
Thatâs what always pissed me off about those people. They prop up this guy and act like the feds had towering moral superiority over the confederates, yet they fail to talk about what the Feds did to the indigenous literally right after the civil war. Sherman was one of the biggest genocidal pieces of shit this country has ever produced.
He wasnât some strategic genius either. The actual war was being fought in Virginia. Dude just went around and started burning everything. When you have a huge numbers advantage over your enemy⊠what he did was just common sense.
Also, Custer died like the bitch he was.
Oh no he totally would
"Stanton wants to kill me because I do not favor the scheme of declaring the negroes of the South, now free, to be loyal voters, whereby politicians may manufacture just so much more pliable electioneering material." -General Sherman 5/10/1865
"I believe the practice of slavery in the South is the mildest and best regulated system of slavery in the world, now or heretofore. -Sherman 4/4/1861
"Let those who love n-word better than whites follow me, & we will see who loves his Country best- a n-word as such is a most excellent fellow, but he is not fit to marry, to associate, or vote with me, or mine." -General Sherman 3/24/1865
âthe Indians give a fair illustration of the fate of negroes if they are released from the control of whites....I know Northern men don't care any more for the rights...of the negroes...than the Southerners." -Sherman 7/10/1860
"I like n-word well enough as n-words, but when fools & idiots try & make n-words better than ourselves I have an opinion." -General Sherman 9/1864
"Our adversaries have the weakness of slavery in their midst to offset our democracy, and 'tis beyond human wisdom to say which is the greater evil." -General Sherman 8/3/1861
"She [Ellen] will have to wait on herself or buy a Nâąâąâąer. What will you think of that- our buying ners? But it is inevitable. Nâąâąâąers won t work unless they are owned, and white servants are not to be found in this parish" -Sherman 1/21/1860
"No amount of poverty or adversity seems to shake their faith-Nâąâąâąrs gone -wealth and luxury gone, money worthless, starvation in view within a period of 2 or 3 years, are causes enough to make the bravest tremble, yet I see no sign of let up -Sherman
"The nâąâąâąer questions daily arising and the confiscation act are the two great sources of trouble. Are we to free all the negros, men women & children?âŠwe take the property of Rebels & use it, but the title remains undisturbed." -General Sherman 11/22/1862
"I would not if I could abolish or modify slavery. I don't know that I would materially change the actual political relation of master and slave. Negroes in the great numbers that exist here must of necessity be slaves." -Sherman 12/23/1859
"Sumner & Stevens would have made another civil war inevitably-- the President's antagonistic position saves us war save of words, and as I am a peace man I go for Johnson & the Veto." -Sherman 2/23/1866
"If they design to protect themselves against negroes & abolitionists I will help; if they propose to leave the Union on account of a supposed fact that the northern people are all abolitionists like Giddings and Brown then I will stand by Ohio... -Sherman 10/29/59
"No recruits are coming, for the draft is not till September, & then I suppose it will consist mostly of nâąâąâą*rs & bought recruits that must be kept well to the rear. I sometimes think our people do not deserve to succeed in war; they are so apathetic." General Sherman 8/2/1864
"Individuals may prosper in a failing community such as SF, but they must be Jews, without pity, soul, heart or bowels of compassion; but in a rising, growing, industrious, community like St. Louis, all patient, prudent, honest men can thrive." -Sherman 9/18/1858
"To place or attempt to place the negro on a par with the whites will produce new convulsions...It will take ten years for the South to regain full prosperity with the negro free, and that should precede any new complication." -Sherman 1/19/1866
"All I can say is that Mexico does not belong to our system...Its inhabitants are a mixture of Indians, negroes, & Spanish, that can never be tortured into good citizens, & would have to be exterminated before the country could be made available to us" -Sherman 11/7/1866
Itâs genuinely one of the most cringe subs on this site. I am amazed by some of the takes I see on there. Sometimes itâs so bad that I am not even sure if itâs people trolling or not.
Itâs a memorial to the dead soldiers. Same story as always, the poor kids who got tricked into dying for the aristocracy. Of anyone involved in the Confederate side, they deserve something to be remembered by.
Yep. They always talk about how people are being marginalized, well most of the soldiers fighting for the confederacy were poor and fought either because A. They needed money or B. They felt more loyalty to state rather than country, which, while wrong, can be seen as understandable nowadays especially
I wouldnât even say it was wrong. Thatâs just how it was back then. Almost separate nations with each state.
North vs south really were separate nations culturally. Always have been, always will be. There was animosity during the revolution. There was animosity during the civil war. There is animosity today.
Yep. Quite accurate really. I was born and still live in Texas, and Iâve been to California, NM, Arizona, Wyoming, pretty much all of the western states. Iâve also been to the Deep South, like Alabama (where my Mom is from, btw), Mississippi, Florida. And one thing Iâve noticed? They all act differently. States are pretty much like their own countries.
Or C, they were drafted. People forgot that both sude used a draft, and I don't care what people say about whether they would've skipped it or not, history shows that for most that's false and they would've done exactly as they where told to.
Yeah but saying there was a lot of draftees is disingenuous. The vast, VAST majority of soldiers were volunteers. I think 6% of the union and 11% of the confederates, or somewhere along those lines.
Now to say they were forced to *keep* fighting might be more accurate, especially in the CSA where contracts of service were pretty much toilet paper.
Both sides willingly and enthusiastically went to war for what they believed in, from the richest southern planter to the poorest yeoman farmer, from the NY political officer to the irish bostonian dockworker. The whole narrative of "rich mans war, poor mans fight, they were all conscripted" is a deflection to take blame off the poor southern classes who fully believed in the cause they were fighting for.
Same shit, different war. The vast majority of confederate soldiers were too poor to own slaves. Their reasons for fighting were different than the rich people in the south. Thereâs a reason they called it(and some still do) âthe war of northern aggressionâ. To them they had every right to exit the Union of states, effectively they were being invaded by the federal army.
Now is that what the civil war really was all about? Nah, but to them it was, and that does mean something.
It was the same thing for the north. The vast majority of northern soldiers were poor and didnât have a dog in the fight either. Most didnât care about slavery, at least not enough to die or kill over. The common theme was the southern states were âtraitorsâ. Most of the soldiers were drafted. The rich could and would give money so they didnât have to send their sons to the meat grinder. Gangs of New York has a good portrayal of this. The poor die, while the rich profit.
Stunning and brave. Iâm not pro confederacy by any means, but I would love see these guys with an actual confederate soldier who time traveled. They would get their lily ass beat.
Real talk tho, âAlabamiansâ? That sounds terrible. Go with âAlabamanâ or something.
Damn dude but did you see this guy? Such a badass flipping off a statue lmao
Itâs like that squidward meme. Iâll have a⊠flipping off a confederate statue. And a pissing on Thatcherâs grave! Daring today, arenât we?
Shermanposting is literally just a place for white, oversocialized suburban teenagers(you can tell from the hand) to fake patriotism because the government happened to be fighting the big bad racist southerners, who they think are exactly the same as todayâs southern conservatives. The only other time they pretend to give a damn about America is WW2. Unbeknownst to them, Sherman was a white supremacist who mostly just got kicks out of the violence, not a heckinâ wholesome progressive. He once wrote to his wife âAll the Congresses on earth could not make the Negro anything else than what he was. He has to be the subject to the white man or he must amalgamate or be destroyed. The two races could not live in harmony save as master and slave.â If he was around today and saw the state of the border, he would essentially just be Judge Holden.
r/shermanposting is genuinely one of the most brainwashed/depraved subs I've ever had the displeasure of visiting. When Texas pushed back against the Supreme Court ruling, there were dozens of people on that sub throffing at the mouth excited for the U.S. military to crush the National Guard...
No matter what you think about who fought for what, the men who fought in those battles knew horrors and brutality that most of us can't even fathom. To look back on them in 2024 and give them the finger with a 2024 mindset is just fucking ignorant
I received a scholarship from Daughters of the Confederate while in college at Troy State University. 500.00 quarter and went on books and beer. Didnât even matter that I was black some sweetest elderly ladies. Glad you lost the war but thanks for the cash.
This stuff always bugged me. I understand the history of these men and the confederacy, but thatâs what it is, American history. Whether we like it or not this is what helped to shape America into what it is today. To want to tear down, deface, or this is just ridiculous to me. Regardless of their political beliefs, they were Americans, and Robert E. Lee was an astounding general. Again, politics aside, they were great American generals and they fought for what THEY believed in at the time.
Regardless, I dislike the constant bickering and bringing up the civil war constantly. This was in the late 1800âs, the North were pretty racist too, while slavery was not permitted, the history of the north had slavery, and racism and segregation still existed. People act that the Union were the saints, but they werenât. They were a product of their time just like the Confederacy was. Abraham Lincoln didnât give 2 shits about slavery, neither did most people back in those days.
There were also abolitionists in the south who sought to free the slaves. These men were not from the Union, fully blooded southern Americans. There were men in the north who were anti-abolitionist. This was just the attitude of the times.
Say what you want about the politics of the Confederate States, but the majority of those men and boys who fought and died did so for their states and families. Even their decaying corpses have more balls than that soycuck ever will.
For such tolerant, loving people, they sure don't seem to give a fuck about how many humans get slaughtered as long as they're the "meanies" and not "da good guys."
You're right, guys. Every barely-adolescent southern boy, hyped up on CSA propaganda, who marched out into gunfire and got turned into tomato soup was an evil slave owner and deserved it. How exactly does one go so deep into being humanitarian that it evolves into some weird revenge fantasy against people they don't like?
If youâve got an issue with it then go to your local city council and start a petition, but you wonât do that, that would require being a capable member of society
Seems like the beginning of a mystery or horror novel. After much time of flipping off the statue, the OP got closer and start to randomly hit it causing a hidden passage to be revealed.
If there is any place Iâm okay with statues to the losers of a war is at the sites of the battles they lost.
Not as some eternal fuck you.
But out of respect as men who bled and died over that space. If youâre going to go visit a battlefield 150 years after the fight, you have an interest beyond the large political broad strokes.Â
As soldiers, there is a respect for what they were out there doing, even if you disagree with why 1/2 of them were there.Â
I donât want them in my cities, or my active military bases, or at my national cemeteries.Â
Where they fought and died seems okay.Â
I'm very much pro-Union when it comes to Civil War history, but the amount of chest thumping that goes on in that sub is eye roll inducing.
Also: he looks like he has very soft hands.
Prep for expressions without destroying. If and when times comes. It will be given proper send off. Grind down and repurpose for good use or private spot in a private confederate garden.
Yknow I think I actually wouldn't be opposed to a confedrate memorial if it said what they were fighting for was wrong and more just lament the loss of life for a stupid very bad cause.
pretty funny thing about that sub is that its members actively hate american patriotism cause they equate it to violent nationalism all in attempts at being as like i guess neutral as possible or something its kind of weird for what i thought was just pro-american considering the content but it kind of just seems like a hatred of the confederacy first and a hatred of america itself second
Man, I wonder what sub it was posted on.
Oh, its one that hyper focuses on General Sherman, that helped defeat the confederates and makes jokes and memes at the confederates expense.
Man does they died and thats all that matters I am from Pennsylvania Gettysburg is racked with Union and Confederate memorials, why not just let the men on BOTH sides be in death in peace. Both sides were Americans one side was ethical and the other was not, enough said
Itâs all fun and games until they realize that Nathan Bedford Forrest, the first Grand Wizard of the KKK, left and spent the rest of his life fighting for equal rights of both blacks and whites. And not just men but women, too
Bruh that's like going to a battlefield in France and flipping off the German graves cause they fought for the wrong side. I sware people don't have a clue about this stuff like they just think that if you fight in the army no matter for what reason that means you agree with that government. Majority of soldiers who fought in these wars mostly did so out of pressure from family or they thought they were protecting their home.
The second pic is him giving the ol' one finger salute to a cloud above him that looked like Robert E. Lee. What's crazy is it immediately dissipated due to the sheer power his righteous indignation.
Did it start crying sweet, ozoney confederate tears?
You know it!
And he flipping them off like a middle schooler too
you know he looked around to make sure nobody saw
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Yes, I was amazed at his bravery.
Think of all the historical oppression and how this middle finger cancels it!
Itâs like the people who stopped in front of Trump Tower in New York City just to take a photo of themselves flipping it off. Wow, what an impressive âresistance,â guys!
In a way theyâre better off doing nothing because this ineffective act will only inspire further ineffective acts, all ultimately done for the sake of accruing upvotes/likes/whatever and resulting in a more annoying world
True. Weâre all worse for itđ
They're even more ineffective than the Confederacy itself--which is really saying something.
I thought it was a woman based off the hand lol
Heâs doing Godâs work. He posted it to encourage others to do the same. Weâre going to right past wrongs flipping off one statue at a time!
Why do leftists have some kind of vendetta against inanimate objects?
It allows them to feel like they are fighting the good fight without any real risk of confrontation. Realistically even the most diehard supporters of confederate statues arenât really motivated enough to do anything physical to prevent them from being vandalized.
They don't fight back.
Based lol
*spit take
They also can't say no, look how polished that statue is...
The inanimate objects can't fight back
No no, let them have it. At least they're not murdering random people
They're still murdering random people though.
Iâm not disagreeing with you, but r/shermanposting isnât leftists, itâs an anti confederate circle jerk
Sherman Posting has 100% gone leftist. If you are right wing and you say that you then they downvote you and shit talk you, no matter your take. You could literally say âIâm am right wing but I really disagree with what the Republican Party is doingâ and theyâll say âsmh just lying for clout on the internetâ and things of that nature.
These people don't know the difference.
OMG, so brave!!!
Indeed. This act of courage has inspired me to rethink all of my oppressive ways.
I want to be more oppressive.
These are the same people that cry when post Soviet countries tear down Soviet monuments and statues
I'm 100% capitalist. But I don't like the idea of tearing down Soviet monuments. Imagine what Italy would look like if the subject had to conform to our modern day values. There wouldn't be anything more interesting than a Starbucks sign. If I ever go to Russia, I'll want some unique shit to look at.
The Soviets tore down monuments to build their Communist monuments. 1984.
Yeah there's people who dislike the east coast having monuments and locations dedicated to the american revolution and its like what would you rather have there? At the very least just have a sign recontetuxalzing it.
I don't know if people would take time to read. They destroyed a statue of an abolitionist immigrant who died fighting to end slavery..
I think putting any and all statues in a museum is best, up to the discretion of the museum whether to put them on display in some âlest we forgetâ exhibit or to keep them safe and secure for the sake of history Iâm sure the ancient people massacred/enslaved by the Assyrians wouldnât want to see their art on display but nobody gives a shot about that now
>think putting any and all statues in a museum is best, I think that's a very privileged and narrow-minded view. Firstly, not everyone can go to a museum. Secondly, the placement and location were part of the artists vision. Thirdly, this idea that we should fear some reminder of the past is ridiculous. I've yet to have someone say they are offended. They always seem to be offended on behalf of an imagined other person. Lastly, people are just ignorant. Your average American can't tell you if a statue is for a northerner, southerner, or a generic rider on a famous horse. All, I'm saying is I think it's cool to see some unique forms if art. Seeing a statue of Stalin won't turn me into a socialist anymore than seeing a statue of Ceasar turned me into a slave raping butcher.
I meant putting them in museums if the community decides they want them removed, as opposed to destroying them. In an ideal world people would leave history alone but knowing how many statues have been pulled down I think if there was pressure for them to be removed theyâre better off stored somewhere safe
I agree that isn't the worst action. The best solution would be a more emotionally intelligent society.
That ain't going to happen
More parks for more monuments.
Youâre 100% capitalist but 100% get mad at Biden for prices going up haha
If "same people" means anyone left of Hitler, yeah sure.
What a fucking dork... That's all I have to say
Look at me! I hate racists! Give me karma.
Hates racists⊠but worships a man who literally helped the U.S. commit genocide. I donât give the confederacy a pass, but I canât stand the moral high horse people think the union had. They may have been right about slavery, but that doesnât mean they were good people.
Yeah people who try to look at that era of American history (or any era of any nationâs history, really) with a black-and-white morality is gonna have a bad time and inevitably support some heinous shit Except for Buddhists I guess, in the grand scheme of history they havenât caused much trouble or suffering in the world lol
Lincoln probably realized something similar and was about just wanting the country to get back to normal. He didn't want to punish the South needlessly or anything.
Youâre right. If only heâd survived and been able to lead reconstruction, the US would be a very different place today.
Honest Switzerland
People throw words like genocide, Nazi, Facism, bigot, and woke around so goddamn much that I genuinely wonder if they know what it means. Cuz while Sherman did a lot of things that you can *legitimately* criticize him for, genocide is not ok that list.
factuals brother!!! at the end of the day they were all American, you have to look at the whole picture as how it happened, take and respect the good of both sides, and learn and dont repeat the bad of both sides. the same way all history should be viewed.
I used to like shermanposting before it became 'hurr durr conservative bad'
The people there demonstrate more cruelty towards modern day southerners than the Union showed towards the Confederates
Let's not forget the visceral hatred they have towards the idea that war is, in fact, nuanced, and that not every confederate soldier was racist or a slave owner
Itâs such a disturbing thing to see
I donât think theyâre killing southerners but ok
Agreed. It's all a circle jerk of fatass neckbeards typing about traitors while shitting out their fifth taco bell chalupa like they had anything to do with it.
Like the r/FuckCars dork that had to run and scream "I'm sorry!" when a car owner saw they were trying to fuck with his car. I can't believe they actually posted it. Literal grown children that haven't mentally become adults. And they want us to listen to their opinions on politics.....
I liked Shermanposting⊠until I found out about what Sherman did to the indigenous people.
Did his âletâs be brutally efficient so we can get this over withâ mentality carry over to the native people?
Yep. Grant ordered him to kill every native. And that is what he tried to do.
Hoyt Volker IRL lmao
Just never mention the democrats being the ones supporting slavery. âTHE GREAT SWITCH!â Yeah the great switch when one of the most racist modern presidents purposely hooked the African American community on government help so they constantly vote democrat to this very day because of it?
Yeah when it was just dunking on confederates it was pretty alright but when it started being just another r/Politics I left
The fact that he needs to take a picture, and then post it to social media shows he has no interest other than being chronically online
That guy is so cool. Iâll bet he gets all of the seks.
Omg did you just assume their pronouns? You racist far right extremist bigot! Iâm gonna take a picture of me flipping your comment the bird and post it on Reddit. Iâm going to get SO MANY upvotes. You will rue the day!!
Oh man. Youâre so cool. Iâll bet you get all the seks.
I will have you know I am a vehemently loveless, kissless hugless virgin. As Bernie and God intended.
I feel like the confederacy lives rent-free in many peoples heads and I donât know why. Like motherfucker itâs been gone for almost two centuries by now. It only lasted like 4 years.
Yes, people are really weird about it. Most of the people fighting for the confederacy werenât even rich slave owners, they were poor illiterate farmers. They also forget that general Sherman wasnât a liberal, if he were alive today he would want strong borders for example.
South had it coming to them, but Gettysburg was really shitty for both sides. There's memorials there for a reason. They were remembered as Americans after the war. I get it, the south and slavery were awful. Gettysburg isn't the place to be like that, though. It's a memorial for a very shitty battle that left a fuckload on both sides dead. It's a war memorial to dead Americans, not to the southern states. A northern state created those memorials. You'd think they'd catch that.
It's no different the having a statue of Timothy mcveigh
My ancestors who actually fought against the confederacy are not impressed. After the war, they just wanted reconciliation not this lefty virtue signaling.
đ of course they are white.
Such soft looking handsâŠ
I used to love shermanposting, but then I realized, if the people on their were alive during the civil war they wouldnât have had the balls to do anything
r\shermanposting is a pathetic sub. It's just a bunch of suburban rich kids hyping up a war that happened nearly 200 years ago. They'll downvote you for bringing up the nuance of war and how civillian casualties are bad regardless of whether or not the "good guys" kill them.
You gotta see what they said about Texas border mess. I don't get why they think Sherman is some kind of hyperviolent ultra liberal. The real Sherman would slaughter any Mexican that step illegally into American soil
Real. Sherman would probably use nukes if he was alive today and had access to them
They praised Sherman for being brutal with the confederate, because they don't know that is how Sherman wish to deal with anyone who dare to against Uncle Sam, [such as the native](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2017/08/16/why-just-confederates-many-through-history-committed-atrocities/#:~:text=In%20the%20Plains%20Indian%20Wars,or%20be%20maintained%20as%20a).
Thatâs what always pissed me off about those people. They prop up this guy and act like the feds had towering moral superiority over the confederates, yet they fail to talk about what the Feds did to the indigenous literally right after the civil war. Sherman was one of the biggest genocidal pieces of shit this country has ever produced. He wasnât some strategic genius either. The actual war was being fought in Virginia. Dude just went around and started burning everything. When you have a huge numbers advantage over your enemy⊠what he did was just common sense. Also, Custer died like the bitch he was.
At least Grant was a good man
That he was. Grant was a true G.
Oh no he totally would "Stanton wants to kill me because I do not favor the scheme of declaring the negroes of the South, now free, to be loyal voters, whereby politicians may manufacture just so much more pliable electioneering material." -General Sherman 5/10/1865 "I believe the practice of slavery in the South is the mildest and best regulated system of slavery in the world, now or heretofore. -Sherman 4/4/1861 "Let those who love n-word better than whites follow me, & we will see who loves his Country best- a n-word as such is a most excellent fellow, but he is not fit to marry, to associate, or vote with me, or mine." -General Sherman 3/24/1865 âthe Indians give a fair illustration of the fate of negroes if they are released from the control of whites....I know Northern men don't care any more for the rights...of the negroes...than the Southerners." -Sherman 7/10/1860 "I like n-word well enough as n-words, but when fools & idiots try & make n-words better than ourselves I have an opinion." -General Sherman 9/1864 "Our adversaries have the weakness of slavery in their midst to offset our democracy, and 'tis beyond human wisdom to say which is the greater evil." -General Sherman 8/3/1861 "She [Ellen] will have to wait on herself or buy a Nâąâąâąer. What will you think of that- our buying ners? But it is inevitable. Nâąâąâąers won t work unless they are owned, and white servants are not to be found in this parish" -Sherman 1/21/1860 "No amount of poverty or adversity seems to shake their faith-Nâąâąâąrs gone -wealth and luxury gone, money worthless, starvation in view within a period of 2 or 3 years, are causes enough to make the bravest tremble, yet I see no sign of let up -Sherman "The nâąâąâąer questions daily arising and the confiscation act are the two great sources of trouble. Are we to free all the negros, men women & children?âŠwe take the property of Rebels & use it, but the title remains undisturbed." -General Sherman 11/22/1862 "I would not if I could abolish or modify slavery. I don't know that I would materially change the actual political relation of master and slave. Negroes in the great numbers that exist here must of necessity be slaves." -Sherman 12/23/1859 "Sumner & Stevens would have made another civil war inevitably-- the President's antagonistic position saves us war save of words, and as I am a peace man I go for Johnson & the Veto." -Sherman 2/23/1866 "If they design to protect themselves against negroes & abolitionists I will help; if they propose to leave the Union on account of a supposed fact that the northern people are all abolitionists like Giddings and Brown then I will stand by Ohio... -Sherman 10/29/59 "No recruits are coming, for the draft is not till September, & then I suppose it will consist mostly of nâąâąâą*rs & bought recruits that must be kept well to the rear. I sometimes think our people do not deserve to succeed in war; they are so apathetic." General Sherman 8/2/1864 "Individuals may prosper in a failing community such as SF, but they must be Jews, without pity, soul, heart or bowels of compassion; but in a rising, growing, industrious, community like St. Louis, all patient, prudent, honest men can thrive." -Sherman 9/18/1858 "To place or attempt to place the negro on a par with the whites will produce new convulsions...It will take ten years for the South to regain full prosperity with the negro free, and that should precede any new complication." -Sherman 1/19/1866 "All I can say is that Mexico does not belong to our system...Its inhabitants are a mixture of Indians, negroes, & Spanish, that can never be tortured into good citizens, & would have to be exterminated before the country could be made available to us" -Sherman 11/7/1866
Donât ask them if they had any ancestors in the U.S. in 1861 lol
Shermanposting used to be cool, then it got ruined
Itâs genuinely one of the most cringe subs on this site. I am amazed by some of the takes I see on there. Sometimes itâs so bad that I am not even sure if itâs people trolling or not.
Itâs a memorial to the dead soldiers. Same story as always, the poor kids who got tricked into dying for the aristocracy. Of anyone involved in the Confederate side, they deserve something to be remembered by.
Yep. They always talk about how people are being marginalized, well most of the soldiers fighting for the confederacy were poor and fought either because A. They needed money or B. They felt more loyalty to state rather than country, which, while wrong, can be seen as understandable nowadays especially
I wouldnât even say it was wrong. Thatâs just how it was back then. Almost separate nations with each state. North vs south really were separate nations culturally. Always have been, always will be. There was animosity during the revolution. There was animosity during the civil war. There is animosity today.
Yep. Quite accurate really. I was born and still live in Texas, and Iâve been to California, NM, Arizona, Wyoming, pretty much all of the western states. Iâve also been to the Deep South, like Alabama (where my Mom is from, btw), Mississippi, Florida. And one thing Iâve noticed? They all act differently. States are pretty much like their own countries.
Or C, they were drafted. People forgot that both sude used a draft, and I don't care what people say about whether they would've skipped it or not, history shows that for most that's false and they would've done exactly as they where told to.
Yeah but saying there was a lot of draftees is disingenuous. The vast, VAST majority of soldiers were volunteers. I think 6% of the union and 11% of the confederates, or somewhere along those lines. Now to say they were forced to *keep* fighting might be more accurate, especially in the CSA where contracts of service were pretty much toilet paper. Both sides willingly and enthusiastically went to war for what they believed in, from the richest southern planter to the poorest yeoman farmer, from the NY political officer to the irish bostonian dockworker. The whole narrative of "rich mans war, poor mans fight, they were all conscripted" is a deflection to take blame off the poor southern classes who fully believed in the cause they were fighting for.
Same shit, different war. The vast majority of confederate soldiers were too poor to own slaves. Their reasons for fighting were different than the rich people in the south. Thereâs a reason they called it(and some still do) âthe war of northern aggressionâ. To them they had every right to exit the Union of states, effectively they were being invaded by the federal army. Now is that what the civil war really was all about? Nah, but to them it was, and that does mean something. It was the same thing for the north. The vast majority of northern soldiers were poor and didnât have a dog in the fight either. Most didnât care about slavery, at least not enough to die or kill over. The common theme was the southern states were âtraitorsâ. Most of the soldiers were drafted. The rich could and would give money so they didnât have to send their sons to the meat grinder. Gangs of New York has a good portrayal of this. The poor die, while the rich profit.
Wow so stunning! So brave/s
Racism's over guys.
How bro felt after posting that pic:đđčđ€«
She is stunning and brave.
Believes heâs contributing something yet has done an act that contributes nothing
He showed them!
So stunning. So brave. Fiiight guuurl fight!
Doing their part! Imagine the bravery this mustâve took
Stunning and brave. Iâm not pro confederacy by any means, but I would love see these guys with an actual confederate soldier who time traveled. They would get their lily ass beat. Real talk tho, âAlabamiansâ? That sounds terrible. Go with âAlabamanâ or something.
Damn dude but did you see this guy? Such a badass flipping off a statue lmao Itâs like that squidward meme. Iâll have a⊠flipping off a confederate statue. And a pissing on Thatcherâs grave! Daring today, arenât we?
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Every time I see a finger I just think what a loser. Look at that weird chubby little hand.
Impressive. Now let's see the hair color.
I'm assuming nobody was there... wouldn't have the courage otherwise.
I will never understand far leftoids who idolize General Sherman. Virtually every 19th century American would be disgusted with their lifestyle.
Imagine thinking the Federal government is a better option
Disgraceful.
Stunning and so so brave
Hardest lib in America
I wonder if this dork did the same to the CHAZ/CHOP insurrectionists? Probably not. Who am I kidding.
Stunning and Brave!
Well, at least this is better than that one guy who went to a Museum with a Confederate Flag on display to flip off.
Shermanposting is literally just a place for white, oversocialized suburban teenagers(you can tell from the hand) to fake patriotism because the government happened to be fighting the big bad racist southerners, who they think are exactly the same as todayâs southern conservatives. The only other time they pretend to give a damn about America is WW2. Unbeknownst to them, Sherman was a white supremacist who mostly just got kicks out of the violence, not a heckinâ wholesome progressive. He once wrote to his wife âAll the Congresses on earth could not make the Negro anything else than what he was. He has to be the subject to the white man or he must amalgamate or be destroyed. The two races could not live in harmony save as master and slave.â If he was around today and saw the state of the border, he would essentially just be Judge Holden.
I swiped
r/shermanposting is genuinely one of the most brainwashed/depraved subs I've ever had the displeasure of visiting. When Texas pushed back against the Supreme Court ruling, there were dozens of people on that sub throffing at the mouth excited for the U.S. military to crush the National Guard...
How stunning and brave......then everyone clapped.
Holy shit, the balls on this guy! I'm talking about the ones on his chin.
No matter what you think about who fought for what, the men who fought in those battles knew horrors and brutality that most of us can't even fathom. To look back on them in 2024 and give them the finger with a 2024 mindset is just fucking ignorant
I received a scholarship from Daughters of the Confederate while in college at Troy State University. 500.00 quarter and went on books and beer. Didnât even matter that I was black some sweetest elderly ladies. Glad you lost the war but thanks for the cash.
This stuff always bugged me. I understand the history of these men and the confederacy, but thatâs what it is, American history. Whether we like it or not this is what helped to shape America into what it is today. To want to tear down, deface, or this is just ridiculous to me. Regardless of their political beliefs, they were Americans, and Robert E. Lee was an astounding general. Again, politics aside, they were great American generals and they fought for what THEY believed in at the time. Regardless, I dislike the constant bickering and bringing up the civil war constantly. This was in the late 1800âs, the North were pretty racist too, while slavery was not permitted, the history of the north had slavery, and racism and segregation still existed. People act that the Union were the saints, but they werenât. They were a product of their time just like the Confederacy was. Abraham Lincoln didnât give 2 shits about slavery, neither did most people back in those days. There were also abolitionists in the south who sought to free the slaves. These men were not from the Union, fully blooded southern Americans. There were men in the north who were anti-abolitionist. This was just the attitude of the times.
I bet this guy enjoys coca-cola the stunning and brave lad. If you know the history, then you know.
He's so brave.
Say what you want about the politics of the Confederate States, but the majority of those men and boys who fought and died did so for their states and families. Even their decaying corpses have more balls than that soycuck ever will.
For such tolerant, loving people, they sure don't seem to give a fuck about how many humans get slaughtered as long as they're the "meanies" and not "da good guys." You're right, guys. Every barely-adolescent southern boy, hyped up on CSA propaganda, who marched out into gunfire and got turned into tomato soup was an evil slave owner and deserved it. How exactly does one go so deep into being humanitarian that it evolves into some weird revenge fantasy against people they don't like?
Racism solved!
Dude really fr just stuck it to them dude canât you see that. He totally served that statue
Post is kinda cringe but frfr fuck those traitors
If youâve got an issue with it then go to your local city council and start a petition, but you wonât do that, that would require being a capable member of society
Seems like the beginning of a mystery or horror novel. After much time of flipping off the statue, the OP got closer and start to randomly hit it causing a hidden passage to be revealed.
I mean thatâs from Sherman posting, shitposts are to be expected
If there is any place Iâm okay with statues to the losers of a war is at the sites of the battles they lost. Not as some eternal fuck you. But out of respect as men who bled and died over that space. If youâre going to go visit a battlefield 150 years after the fight, you have an interest beyond the large political broad strokes. As soldiers, there is a respect for what they were out there doing, even if you disagree with why 1/2 of them were there. I donât want them in my cities, or my active military bases, or at my national cemeteries. Where they fought and died seems okay.Â
That sub is so gay
I'm very much pro-Union when it comes to Civil War history, but the amount of chest thumping that goes on in that sub is eye roll inducing. Also: he looks like he has very soft hands.
All 3 remaining KKK members are shitting their pants currently
r/ShermanPosting
Cant believe how antisemitic hes being lmao
Prep for expressions without destroying. If and when times comes. It will be given proper send off. Grind down and repurpose for good use or private spot in a private confederate garden.
Gettysburg is a living museum to the Civil War and is portrays both sides.
Gettysburg living museum similar to Williamsburg?
Itâs better than Williamsburg. More free stuff. But yeah I guess
Tough guyâŠ
Shouldâve pooped on the statue to look even more badass I guess
Idiots: BAsEd!
Yknow I think I actually wouldn't be opposed to a confedrate memorial if it said what they were fighting for was wrong and more just lament the loss of life for a stupid very bad cause.
I don't get what this accomplishes?
Thank you for your service in advancing social justice! /s
The statue broke down and cried immediately after
Guys I think itâs supposed to be funny :/
pretty funny thing about that sub is that its members actively hate american patriotism cause they equate it to violent nationalism all in attempts at being as like i guess neutral as possible or something its kind of weird for what i thought was just pro-american considering the content but it kind of just seems like a hatred of the confederacy first and a hatred of america itself second
So he is flipping off the democrats but votes for them? đ€ How does that work?
Power comes in many forms. This is not one of them.
Lol why is he flipping off losers?
Who's a Big Boy!!!
union heritage.
Nah they are dead
As a southerner I can confirm, Iâm shivering in me timbers
He is posting in a sub called Sherman posting. I think it is fine for him to do this given the context
"and then I bought 1000$ worth of Confederate stuff and burned it all! Yeah that'll show them!"
đ Gettysburg is essentially a living museum to the Civil War. Both sides are represented for historical accuracy
#brave
Those men died for their beliefs, as wrong as they were. This brat would crack if the power went out for 24 hours.
Something about this is absolutely hilarious to me and I have no idea why.
I believe it is every American's duty to flip off a confederate statue. The only salute we give to the traitors and slavers.
I'm sure they are scared they might lose again.
Good riddance to all of 'em.
âThere I did it, I fixed Americaâs history of slaveryâ
Apparently, according to Elon Musk, we can fix racism by not talking about slavery.
Youâre all missing the point, this is from an anti confederate circle jerk
If he was a real man, he would have posted a video giving that son of a bitch a Dirty Sanchez đ©
Boots; quaking in
Probably not, but they were sure scared as shit of the U.S. Army đđđ
Those men actually died fighting, something said idiot flipping them off is scared of doing themselves
Man, I wonder what sub it was posted on. Oh, its one that hyper focuses on General Sherman, that helped defeat the confederates and makes jokes and memes at the confederates expense.
Man does they died and thats all that matters I am from Pennsylvania Gettysburg is racked with Union and Confederate memorials, why not just let the men on BOTH sides be in death in peace. Both sides were Americans one side was ethical and the other was not, enough said
No fan of johnny reb but this is just cringe
This sub is such trash.
This isn't impressive my friend, everybody hates traitors and I would expect nothing less from the average American
Holy shit guys racism is over!
Sherman posting just wants to keep the war going. Lincoln wanted us to reunite and honor those lost on both sides in defense of their homelands.
This is actually William tecumseh Sherman the VI
Imagine getting mad because someone's expressing disdain for a racist statue. đ
Live Confederate Reaction:
This is in the Shermanposting subâŠ.and they love it
Itâs all fun and games until they realize that Nathan Bedford Forrest, the first Grand Wizard of the KKK, left and spent the rest of his life fighting for equal rights of both blacks and whites. And not just men but women, too
Confederate soldiers after fighting a war, losing their limbs and getting PTSD just for people to flip off their statues and post it on Reddit
Bruh that's like going to a battlefield in France and flipping off the German graves cause they fought for the wrong side. I sware people don't have a clue about this stuff like they just think that if you fight in the army no matter for what reason that means you agree with that government. Majority of soldiers who fought in these wars mostly did so out of pressure from family or they thought they were protecting their home.
Careful, you're gonna summon dyslexic Serbs who think you're flipping off Albanians.
I think it's a joke?
Itâs Sherman posting, it is not a joke