Lost Cause
Conspiracy theories tagged "Lost Cause."
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Debunked
Lost Cause of the Confederacy
After losing the Civil War, the South won the narrative. The 'Lost Cause' rewrote history, turned slaveholders into heroes, and convinced generations of Americans the war wasn't about slavery. The Confederates' own words prove otherwise.
1866 · United States · Jubal Early, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis
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Confederate Statue Removal as History Erasure
Is removing Confederate statues erasing history, or are the statues themselves the distortion? How a Lost Cause narrative became a modern conspiracy theory about coordinated cultural destruction.
2015 · United States · New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Black Lives Matter, United Daughters of the Confederacy