*Slaps nuke order 3,000 times*

^*repeat*

Can someone tell me about a very obscure person from history who really needed to be president?

Hold on, I'm searching.

James S. Sherman, related by blood to William Tecumseh Sherman, defender of the Gold Standard, and chairman of the "committee of the whole" which could only be entrusted to those of *supreme integrity* (according to one Henry Cabbot Lodge). He was a natural diplomat who made things around him run smoothly, earning him the nickname of "Sunny Jim". He would be the one to reach a compromise without letting go of his core principles. Sadly, he died of Bright's disease.

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Would have been a much better president than Woodrow Wilson, who began our disastrous policy of becoming the "World Police."

The hate we southerners give Sherman has no relation to his political stances, moreso has to do with how he destroyed the homes and livelyhood of innocent people, and his own men "relieving" themselves with any of the women that stayed behind while he (Sherman) did nothing to stop it

Dude was frankly a coward doin shit and allowin shit like that

And frankly, his march to the sea did nothing but solidify the South, rather than strike whole hearted fear into it like he wanted to

Only reason Robert E. Lee surrendered was due to an inherent character flaw in him. He cares too much about the lives of his soldiers and the lives of the enemy, had no influence with what Sherman did

Which, while having a character flaw like that can be beneficial with winning a battle or keeping casualties low on your side, can only be detrimental when put into a dire situation

And which, he allowed himself to be put in a situation like that when he allowed himself to be surrounded at Appomattox

And Robert E. Lee gets flak from Southerners for pulling that stunt as well

So it has nothing to do with either persons political stances, all has to do with their actions

If you want proof of how politics have nothing on why, just look at ol Lee himself. Dude was the most vocal Confederate who was anti-slavery, and the dude is loved by soldiers then and Southerners now

Okay, I recognize his face just I don't remember the name.

An Austrian general of some sorts?

Okay, I looked it up and he is Franz Joseph 1 of Austria.

Ah

You know because of the beard my first assumption was Chester A. Arthur

he kinda looks like Otto van Bismarck

He kinda does.

@Zilla Sherman did far more than destroy people's livelihoods. Georgia was home to the Confederacy's transportation hubs like Atlanta and Savannah, so he absolutely destroyed far more than just plantations and random businesses. It was total war and definitely did lead to the eventual collapse of the Confederacy.

Was what he did controversial at best? For sure. But to say it didn't lead to an earlier surrender is a bit ignorant.

in a way he sort of won without fighting

He did fight

There were casualties on both sides.

um

uh

he did __less__ fighting

Aperently this is false.

How is completely false then?

first black democrat senator was in the 90s

and “independent fact checkers” don’t understand that Senators are not the only Congressmen

Two words - **Straw man**. "During an attack, divert attention by focusing on a minor *but related* issue." It's a quote from class material at my liberal high school, on the topic of fallacies. This motte-and-bailey sort of approach is pathetic

How a volcanic eruption in the 6th century led to the final death of the western Roman Empire, and created the ideal conditions for the rise of Islam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JBdedLx-GI

hey quick question is jap a slur

no

its just the short of japanese

ok