Quote Originally Posted by maracho
They also realize that the word yankee is a positive symbol for the fight for freedom for it was us Yanks that ended slavery not only in the U.S. but in Britian, Spain, and Latin america as well.
I'm not so sure about that Maracho. I'm not an expert but I think Britain abolished slavery quite some time before the US? I'm also not sure how the US ended slavery in other countries.

I'm not entirely convinced any of us has such a great history of equal rights/human rights that we can paint ourselves as the good guys.

Still - anything to fan more outraged posts from angry people