Sins of Omission

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by
Steve Landsburg
on May 13, 2011
in Fluff, History and Outrage
. 6 Comments

The Smithsonian Magazine asks its readers to vote on who had the best Civil War facial hair. Burnside wins, as well he should. But how is Longstreet not even among the candidates?

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  1. 1 1 nobody.really
    May 13, 2011 at 8:52 am

    Consider the judgment of history. How many people wear their facial hair in a Streetlong?

  2. 2 2 Ken B
    May 13, 2011 at 9:08 am

    Because ‘best’ is meant as mockery.

  3. 3 3 Seth
    May 13, 2011 at 9:22 am

    Good demonstration of how the preferences of a few can limit the choices of the many.

  4. 4 4 Scott H.
    May 13, 2011 at 11:16 am

    No Nathan Bedford Forrest? No George Armstrong Custer?

    Why not give the contest a little historical significance as well?

  5. 5 5 Will A
    May 13, 2011 at 1:03 pm

    Longstreet fought for the south. The fact that the Smithsonian Magazine used the term “Civil War” instead of the more appropriate “War of Northern Aggression” shows the bias they have.

  6. 6 6 Ken B
    May 13, 2011 at 2:22 pm

    @Will A: I object. As a citizen of the TRUE northern part of the continent I ask that you refer to it as the “War of Middle Part Agression”.

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