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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why is the South so proud of losing the Civil War?
gpt
The South isn't proud of *losing* the Civil War. What they are proud of is that their states had the courage to stand up for their rights in the first place.

Note that this is only possible because the reason for the Civil War is spun (in the South) as a states' rights issue instead of the slavery issue it actually was.