Cripple. History Major. Irritable and in constant pain. Vaguely Left-Wing.

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  • America does something bad: “America bad!” (fair enough)

    America does something good: “America bad!” (???)

    There is literally nothing that could interrupt their cozy campism. They’re the exact kinds of people who would’ve given ‘critical support’ to Hitler’s ‘anti-imperialism’ for as long as the Soviet Union told them to.

    Fuck’s sake. Imagine being an LGBT person in the USA, and blaming LGBT persecution in Russia on the fact that LGBT folk aren’t as persecuted in the US as they once were. Utter morons.

    Completely tracks with their preferred political course of “Aiming a gun at our collective heads and telling the people who want us dead that we’ll pull the trigger if they don’t give us what we want”

    Fascists’ little helpers.








  • Explanation: In the First Punic War, the Roman Republic utterly smashed its nemesis, Carthage. In the Second Punic War, things might’ve gone similarly, except for a brilliant Carthaginian general - Hannibal - who spent almost two decades terrorizing the Romans in their own heartland, using a number of novel stratagems to outwit and outmatch the numerically superior Roman forces, and crush them in open battle.

    During this time, a young Roman aristocrat, our dear Scipio (later given the name Africanus for his victories), entered into military service. Learning from Hannibal’s strategies and tactics, and with a razor-sharp mind of his own, Scipio managed to flip the script and used Hannibal’s own tactics against other Carthaginian forces, eventually culminating in a battle between Scipio and Hannibal himself, a battle which Scipio won.

    Learn from your enemies, kids - it could save your Republic one day!




  • Explanation: In the First Punic War, the Roman Republic utterly smashed its nemesis, Carthage. In the Second Punic War, things might’ve gone similarly, except for a brilliant Carthaginian general - Hannibal - who spent almost two decades terrorizing the Romans in their own heartland, using a number of novel stratagems to outwit and outmatch the numerically superior Roman forces, and crush them in open battle.

    During this time, a young Roman aristocrat, our dear Scipio (later given the name Africanus for his victories), entered into military service. Learning from Hannibal’s strategies and tactics, and with a razor-sharp mind of his own, Scipio managed to flip the script and used Hannibal’s own tactics against other Carthaginian forces, eventually culminating in a battle between Scipio and Hannibal himself, a battle which Scipio won.

    Learn from your enemies, kids - it could save your Republic one day!





  • Explanation: Not a major figure of the Civil War, but a story of how fiercely men can fight when the passion for liberty sparks. Sgt. Jack Johnston was an African-American man who absolutely laid into a unit of Confederates in hand-to-hand combat; unfortunately, he was killed during his valiant action.

    The 51st USCI was involved in the Battle of Milliken’s Bend on June 7, 1863, as part of the Vicksburg Campaign. Despite having only just been organized, the 51st USCI were sent to fight. Sgt. Jack Johnson of the 5th USCHA’s actions that day were remembered by Lt. David Cornwell. He said that Jackson, “Laid into a group of Texans… smashing in every head he could reach”, and that, “Big Jack Jackson passed me like a rocket. With the fury of a tiger he sprang into that gang and crushed everything before him. There was nothing left of Jack’s gun except the barrel and he was smashing everything he could reach. On the other side of the levee, they were yelling ‘Shoot that big [soldier]!’ while Jack was daring the whole gang to come up and fight him. Then a bullet reached his head and he fell full on the levee.”