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hlthe2b

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4. He was engaged in genocidal extermination of the Sioux in the West. Cool with THAT?

Reply to bovine6 (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 6, 2024, 09:20 PM

Nov 6

I'd love to have seen him strung up for THAT cruelty even while I am anti-death penalty. His cruelty towards Indian women and children rivals that of an early-day Hitler. Everyone likes to get their testosterone up and laud him for his civil war acts but boy do they not want to admit what a monster he became in his attempts to exterminate the Indian.

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William Tecumseh Sherman: [View all] Floyd R. Turbo Nov 6 OP

Cousin Billy was a smart guy. Algernon Moncrieff Nov 6 #1

No hero. William Tecumseh Sherman on the need to "exterminate the Indians, men, women, & children" hlthe2b Nov 6 #2

Sherman's only mistake bovine6 Nov 6 #3

He was engaged in genocidal extermination of the Sioux in the West. Cool with THAT? hlthe2b Nov 6 #4

No I'm not but I was referring to South Carolina, you know the first state to demonstrate treason by seceding. bovine6 Nov 6 #5

You said that was his "ONLY MISTAKE..." Hardly... hlthe2b Nov 6 #6

I apologize. bovine6 Nov 6 #7