Republicans were, though, more likely to believe Russian disinformation claims than their Democratic counterparts, with 57.6% falling for at least one Russian disinformation claim, compared with just 17.9% of Democrats and 29.5% of people who didn’t identify with one particular party.
What civil war propaganda? Where can I read more about this?
Edit: States rights, ofc. I was thinking there might be something more obscure and specific because I hadn’t heard of most of the falsehoods in the article before.
Yeah, lost cause bullshit. Not quite 250 years old, but pretty darned old.
“The civil war wasn’t about slavery, it was about states rights”
For example, the confederate supporters say the war wasn’t about slavery, but rather about states rights. Now, you ask, states rights to what? And then they don’t have an answer somehow.