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Originally Posted by Babe_Ruth
I respected the amount of research put in to the movie (tho I still think it's strength was it's humor: satirical commercials).
But one theme they advanced that is kind of a common, slanderous misunderstanding. The Confederacy wasn't interested in conquering Northern states. They were fighting to get away from them. Even the brief invasion of PA was designed to demoralize the Union war effort, not conquer land.
And Jews were well integrated in to Southern culture. Movie made it seem the South was against them as a group, suggesting expulsion. If anything it was the Union army and order 11, that was instutionally opposed to Jews (as a group).
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Jews well integrated into Southern culture? You don't think that they faced discrimination or worse?
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