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-> ''Hello, good evening, and welcome to'' Checkmate, Lincolnites! ''The program where we destroy the pernicious lies of Republicans, carpetbaggers, Yankees, scalawags, and … delineators of the sable character (uh uh!) using facts and logic. My guest, today, is the man who runs the lyin', thievin', Freedmen's Bureau-loving [=YouTube=] channel Creator/AtunSheiFilms. Here it is, the dollar-store [[Series/GameOfThrones Jaime Lannister]] hisself.''
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-> ''Hello, good evening, and welcome to'' Checkmate, Lincolnites! ''The program where we destroy the pernicious lies of Republicans, carpetbaggers, Yankees, scalawags, and … delineators of the sable character (uh uh!) using facts and logic. My guest, today, is the man who runs the lyin', thievin', Freedmen's Bureau-loving Bureau-lovin' [=YouTube=] channel Creator/AtunSheiFilms. Here it is, the dollar-store [[Series/GameOfThrones Jaime Lannister]] hisself.''
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** Johnny doesn't do his OnceAnEpisode TitleDrop which causes the theme music to play after foisting a "gotcha!" argument on Andy[=/=]Billy like he usually does, instead just having the music play at the very start and spitting out the TitleDrop before Andy can even say a word.
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-> ''Hello, good evening, and welcome to'' Checkmate, Lincolnites! ''The program where we destroy the pernicious lies of Republicans, carpetbaggers, Yankees, scallywags, and … delineators of the sable character (uh uh!) using facts and logic. My guest, today, is the man who runs the lyin', thievin', Freedmen's Bureau-loving [=YouTube=] channel Creator/AtunSheiFilms. Here it is, the dollar-store [[Series/GameOfThrones Jaime Lannister]] hisself.''
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-> ''Hello, good evening, and welcome to'' Checkmate, Lincolnites! ''The program where we destroy the pernicious lies of Republicans, carpetbaggers, Yankees, scallywags, scalawags, and … delineators of the sable character (uh uh!) using facts and logic. My guest, today, is the man who runs the lyin', thievin', Freedmen's Bureau-loving [=YouTube=] channel Creator/AtunSheiFilms. Here it is, the dollar-store [[Series/GameOfThrones Jaime Lannister]] hisself.''
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* MoodWhiplash: After bloodily shooting Johnny to death, Andrew reminds the audience to like, comment and subscribe in a typical enthusiastic [=YouTuber=] fashion as if he hadn't killed a man literal seconds ago.
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** There is no DrivingQuestion of the episode that ties all of the discussed points together; instead it is equal parts exploring several miscellaneous Lost Cause claims and Johnny slinging unconstructive insults at Andy.
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** Johnny is revealed to be a White Supremacist at the end of the episode, which completely contradicts his characterization in other parts of the series where [[EveryoneHasStandards open racism and White Supremacy are some of the few things he won't defend under any circumstances, even if it means admitting the Confederacy was founded upon such things]].
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The first episode of web edutainment series ''Checkmate, Lincolnites''. This episode was originally intended to be a standalone DearNegativeReader skit responding to the backlash from Lost Causers toward Andrew Rakich's earlier video "Were the Confederate monuments of New Orleans racist?".
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The first episode of web edutainment series ''Checkmate, Lincolnites''.Lincolnites!''. This episode was originally intended to be a standalone DearNegativeReader skit responding to the backlash from Lost Causers toward Andrew Rakich's earlier video "Were the Confederate monuments of New Orleans racist?".
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** Atun-Shei here is in plainclothes AsHimself, where subsequent videos have him in costume as "Billy Yank."
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** Johnny Reb is dressed in the attire of a Confederate cavalry officer, whereas in all other episodes he wears the dress uniform of an infantryman.
** The episode is much, ''much'' shorter than any other in the series, barely clocking in at a little over 6 and a half minutes.Tthis is largely because subsequent episodes are historical deep dives which go very in-depth in regards to their subject matter, whereas here Andy is presented with a claim and simply answers it before moving on.
** The show's premise is noticeably much more mean-spirited and hostile, with Johnny Reb being a [[StrawmanPolitical moustache-twirling slaveowner who doesn't respect Andy whatsoever]] and Andy rebutting several of Johnny's claims with what are essentially {{Ad Hominem}}s. This is a far cry from the good-faith debates Johnny Reb and Billy Yank would have down the line where the baseline assumption is that belief in the Lost Cause [[NotEvilJustMisunderstood emerges from a poor or misinformed understanding of history]] rather than disingenuous bias as is presented here.
** The episode is much, ''much'' shorter than any other in the series, barely clocking in at a little over 6 and a half minutes.Tthis is largely because subsequent episodes are historical deep dives which go very in-depth in regards to their subject matter, whereas here Andy is presented with a claim and simply answers it before moving on.
** The show's premise is noticeably much more mean-spirited and hostile, with Johnny Reb being a [[StrawmanPolitical moustache-twirling slaveowner who doesn't respect Andy whatsoever]] and Andy rebutting several of Johnny's claims with what are essentially {{Ad Hominem}}s. This is a far cry from the good-faith debates Johnny Reb and Billy Yank would have down the line where the baseline assumption is that belief in the Lost Cause [[NotEvilJustMisunderstood emerges from a poor or misinformed understanding of history]] rather than disingenuous bias as is presented here.
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-> ''Hello, good evening, and welcome to'' Checkmate, Lincolnites! ''The program where we destroy the pernicious lies of Republicans, carpetbaggers, Yankees, scallywags, and … delineators of the sable character (uh uh!) using facts and logic. My guest, today, is the man who runs the lyin', thievin', Freedmen's Bureau-loving [=YouTube=] channel Creator/AtunSheiFilms. Here it is, the dollar-store [[Series/GameOfThrones Jaime Lannister]] hisself.''
-->--'''Johnny Reb'''
The first episode of web edutainment series ''Checkmate, Lincolnites''. This episode was originally intended to be a standalone DearNegativeReader skit responding to the backlash from Lost Causers toward Andrew Rakich's earlier video "Were the Confederate monuments of New Orleans racist?".
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* CardCarryingVillain: Unlike in later episodes, where he at least acknowledges that slavery was bad (even if he erroneously insists the Confederacy didn't fight to preserve that institution), Johnny Reb in his debut is proud of the fact that he was a slave-owner.
-->'''Johnny:''' [[EvilCanNotComprehendGood LOL, look at this soy boy! Thinks slavery is wrong.]]
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** Atun-Shei here is in plainclothes AsHimself, where subsequent videos have him in costume as "Billy Yank."
** The backdrop is just the Confederate battle flag, rather than the Union[=/=]Confederate flag hybrid seen from Episode 2 onward.
* TooDumbToLive: Johnny accepts Andy's request to inspect his revolver with no hesitation, allowing him to shoot Johnny dead using [[Film/TheOutlawJoseyWales the "Road Agent Spin" maneuver]].
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-->--'''Johnny Reb'''
The first episode of web edutainment series ''Checkmate, Lincolnites''. This episode was originally intended to be a standalone DearNegativeReader skit responding to the backlash from Lost Causers toward Andrew Rakich's earlier video "Were the Confederate monuments of New Orleans racist?".
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* CardCarryingVillain: Unlike in later episodes, where he at least acknowledges that slavery was bad (even if he erroneously insists the Confederacy didn't fight to preserve that institution), Johnny Reb in his debut is proud of the fact that he was a slave-owner.
-->'''Johnny:''' [[EvilCanNotComprehendGood LOL, look at this soy boy! Thinks slavery is wrong.]]
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** Atun-Shei here is in plainclothes AsHimself, where subsequent videos have him in costume as "Billy Yank."
** The backdrop is just the Confederate battle flag, rather than the Union[=/=]Confederate flag hybrid seen from Episode 2 onward.
* TooDumbToLive: Johnny accepts Andy's request to inspect his revolver with no hesitation, allowing him to shoot Johnny dead using [[Film/TheOutlawJoseyWales the "Road Agent Spin" maneuver]].
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