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... I hate Gone With the Wind. I hate everything about it. I hate its portrayal of the Civil War. I hate its portrayal of Southern aristocrats. I hate its popularity. I hate that it's become an iconic movie. I hate that it was ever made in the first place. Gone With the Wind is Birth of a Nation with less horses. The movie, and its position among the American cinematic pantheon, has done more to further the ahistoric Lost Cause bullshit than any other single production. Because that's the fundamental problem with the Lost Cause narrative: it's not true.Let's go one-by-one through some typical Lost Cause-tinged revisionist talking points:The Civil War was about economics, not slavery!Yes, the Civil War was about the economics of slavery.The Civil War was about states' rights, not slavery!Yes, the Civil War was about the states' right to maintain slavery. ...
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