ProfWhatsHerName5h ago
Alice McFlurry 
I heard the Civil War got its name because both sides were remarkably polite and courteous to one another.
Mar 26 at 2:12pmWeb
Show threadElizaMar 26

@Alice

The Decorum Please War, supported by the Tone Police

Show threadDeus Ex MacGuffin Mar 26

@Alice

George Carlin did a bit about this.

"Could anyone truly have a 'civil' war?"

"Say, pardon me..." PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW-PEW "....I'm awfully sorry!"

Show threadsollatMar 26
@Alice
I heard there was a tea party with Swedish cake every day at Andersonville.
Show threadJohn Francis 🇨🇦🦫🍁💪⬆️Mar 26

@Alice "I said pardon me, might I have a go at shooting you?"

"Why of course fine gentleman, how about I stand here like this?"

*bang*

Show threadRobert LoganMar 26
@Alice 😂
Show threadThe Right IrreverendMar 26
@Alice My favorite question about that word is - Who said civil servants have to be civil?
Show threadRichard HendricksMar 26
@Alice Civilization Ending War was just too long for the newspaper typesetters.
Show threadÓscar Morales VivóMar 26
@Alice the cake or death war if you will.
Show threadTwotiredMar 26
@Alice Some Southerners prefer to call it The War Between the States. I believe Liquid defeated Solid and Gas.
Show threadGuillotine Jones, FlâneurMar 26
@Alice
Who did you hear that from, Alice?
I think that your source may have been misinformed about the Civil War or spreading alternative facts, or both.
(I'm keeding, of course. )
Show thread🐕Mar 26
@Alice That makes more sense. I'd always assummed it was called the Civil War because it was based on Roman methods of doing battle.
Show threadAlexanderVIMar 26
@Alice it was almost nice as the Social War
Show threaddebutniverseMar 27

@Alice

Whereas, in the Cold War, they were pretty unfriendly.

Show threadBussphometMar 27

@Alice

I might need to fact check that one…

Wait wasn't this the war where one of the first "sniper rifles" was developed and the other guys said to stop its not fair that you have a gun that can actually hit stuff from far away and they said "cool story" and kept shooting all their generals dead from the trees.