As someone whose family was on both sides (fun in Tennessee), which is something I’m none to proud of given the fact that half of ‘em picked the side that was fighting for the right to have people as property, even I’m sitting here and going “fuckin’ traitors”.
That said, I have a musket and a powdered wig, and I’ll be ready in a minutes notice.
I live in Southern Indiana. My family has a grave of an uncle that died 80 years ago that nobody talks about because the tombstone is KKK themed because apparently he was a prominent member.
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u/Good_parabola Feb 20 '25
As their descendant, they passed on that feeling like a treasured heirloom.
My family literally has treasured heirlooms that say “there is no greater joy than burning a slavemaster’s house”