PugJesus

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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 1 points 12 minutes ago

Explanation: Earlier in his career, Grant was most notable for being an excellent rider who loved horses dearly (and for his personal bravery). He was only a middling student at West Point, and his career in the Army before the Civil War is likewise unexceptional.

Despite coming from an abolitionist family (and being against slavery personally enough to free a slave that he was given as a gift, even though Grant was in immense poverty at the time and in dire need of money), he did not begin the Civil War with strong anti-slavery opinions; by the end of the war, he was one of the champions of the liberty and equality of freed slaves, and in his later presidency, he would see the first US anti-segregation legislation passed (sadly struck down by the US Supreme Court).

 
 
 
[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 21 minutes ago

Explanation: At the Battle of Cannae, the Romans threw their forces into combat against the Carthaginian center, which had feigned retreat, at which point the Carthaginian troops on the flanks were able to envelop and destroy the Roman army entirely. It was one of the worst defeats in Roman history.

 
 
[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 27 minutes ago

PROTIP: to any denialists for the ongoing Israeli genocide of Palestinians, you can fuck right off, this comm isn't for your kind

 
 
[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 1 points 36 minutes ago
[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 1 points 38 minutes ago

"The present situation is the most favorable from the point of view of upsetting the Communist dictatorship since the death of Stalin."

What could this possibly mean? /s

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago

It’s clearly sarcasm, but the implication is that the human rights violations leftists complain about really are just CIA propaganda.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 14 points 19 hours ago

It's clearly sarcasm, but the implication is that the human rights violations leftists complain about really are just CIA propaganda.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 40 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

When most leftists say 'human rights' though, they mean the general concept, not international institutions.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 10 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Cuba, Vietnam, China, Venezuela, the USSR. These are some examples of a lefty functional model of government.

Fuck off, tankie.

 
 
[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 15 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

You are clearly afflicted with insanity, let me flog your humors with this mint leaf

 
 
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