just a bunch of dudes, checking corners with their bows drawn, getting shot by a crossbow-machinegun nest

  • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    well you have to consider that many of the great American historical bandits like Jesse James often had got their start in the civil war

    • invalidusernamelol [he/him]M
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      2 years ago

      John Newman Edwards made sure to highlight such techniques when creating an image of James as a kind of Robin Hood. Despite public sentiment toward the gang's crimes, there is no evidence that the James gang ever shared any of the robbery money outside their personal circle.[33]

      Leave it to America to make their Robin Hood story about a selfish, racist, Confederate

      • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        it's slightly more complicated than that as the legend of Jesse James got big well after he died during the great depression