This article is amazing. If you are just hopping to the comments, as we all often do, I urge you to read it.
This kind of long-form, high-effort journalism is largely dead these days and you owe it to yourself to enjoy this read.
Not only a look at the UDC, but a sideways indictment of the entire Southern culture of faux-friendliness and conflict avoidance, and how it reinforces Lost Cause, while also shedding light on the ingrained cultural reasons why people believe these crazy things.
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This article is amazing. If you are just hopping to the comments, as we all often do, I urge you to read it.
This kind of long-form, high-effort journalism is largely dead these days and you owe it to yourself to enjoy this read.
Not only a look at the UDC, but a sideways indictment of the entire Southern culture of faux-friendliness and conflict avoidance, and how it reinforces Lost Cause, while also shedding light on the ingrained cultural reasons why people believe these crazy things.
Really, really great writing.
You might like long reads
I will very much enjoy it. Thank you!
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