More Americans died in the Civil War than any other war. We don't build statues for our enemies, and we don't care who their families are. That goes for any war we've been in...we don't have statues of Bin Laden or Hitler or anyone else, and they had families. Let's not forget that confederate soldiers literally fought for the right to own human slaves. No, we shouldn't have statues of them, that's goofy.
are very bad at. Many kids (thanks to a distorted liberal education) can't even tell you what the capital of our country is or how many states we have. And to forget history is to repeat it. It's important to learn from the country's mistakes.
You are wrong about many things here. First of all, the majority of people living in the south did not have slaves and had no interest in slavery. That's not what the war was about. It was more about wanting to have more control over local laws and taxes.
Also, people in the south were Americans and they had relatives living in the north. Many families had family members fighting on both sides. Some fought for the north and some fought for the south. They weren't anti-American, they were anti-government, just like many people living in the United States today and the only way they could see they would achieve equal control was to secede from the union.
Plus, you build statues to remember history - something that young people are very bad at. Many kids (thanks to a distorted liberal education) can't even tell you what the capital of our country is or how many states we have. And to forget history is to repeat it. It's important to learn from the country's mistakes.
I have no idea what they teach kids in school these days. I don't remeber by kids having a history class or what history they were taught? Maybe they were teaching them my generations era 60's - 70's? I know they knew who JFK was and Martin Luther King. But civil war? No way. BTW. Even though the
forget history is to repeat it. It's important to learn from the country's mistakes.
Re: Re: going to war
By: Alonzo to esc on Wed Dec 13 2023 11:11 am
forget history is to repeat it. It's important to learn from the country's mistakes.
You know, we didn't have toilets for like a thousand years just because some idiots decided they wanted nothing to do with a particular civilization and completely burried all evidence of their toilet tech.
What would happen if, at the height of cancel culture, there was a rumor that the inventor of the toilet was a racist and a rapist? :D
people are also generally dumb. the civil war was very complicated. it's easier to teach that it was good guys vs bad guys and it was all about slavery.
The north fought to stop the emancipation. the south fought because they were being shafted by the govt and they were sick of it.
Re: Re: going to war
By: MRO to Alonzo on Thu Dec 14 2023 08:11 am
people are also generally dumb. the civil war was very complicated.
it's easier to teach that it was good guys vs bad guys and it was all about slavery.
The north fought to stop the emancipation. the south fought because they were being shafted by the govt and they were sick of it.
lolz
What would happen if, at the height of cancel culture, there was a rumor that the inventor of the toilet was a racist and a rapist? :D
You know, we didn't have toilets for like a thousand years just because some idiots decided they wanted nothing to do with a particular civilization and completely burried all evidence of their toilet tech.
Remember, these are the same people who won't ditch Harry
Potter even though Rowling is a transphobe, but they sure
as hell boycott anything anyone else "problematic" creates.
They would most certainly come up with a reason to still use them. Remember, these are the same people who won't ditch Harry Potter even though Rowling is a transphobe, but they sure as hell boycott anything anyone else "problematic" creates.
It is a shame when having an opinion about <something> makes a
person labelled as a <something>phobe.
Re: going to war
By: Ogg to Kurisu on Fri Dec 15 2023 09:15 pm
It is a shame when having an opinion about <something> makes a
person labelled as a <something>phobe.
Quite the example of many peoples very black-or-white thinking. There can't be any nuance, it immediately has to be this extremely strong buzzword we've chosen and can't be anything else.
Ironically that serves my point just as well, because if they treat her opinion as being that level of severity, then the fact they, in this one case, separate art from the artist means they are using one hell of a double standard.
people are also generally dumb. the civil war was very complicated. it's easier to teach that it was good guys vs bad guys and it was all about slavery.
The north fought to stop the emancipation. the south fought because they were being shafted by the govt and they were sick of it.
lolz
They would most certainly come up with a reason to still use them. Remember, these are the same people who won't ditch Harry Potter even though Rowling is transphobe, but they sure as hell boycott anything anyone else "problematic" creates.
Can't separate art from the artist until it's convenient for them to....
Remember, these are the same people who won't ditch Harry
Potter even though Rowling is a transphobe, but they sure
as hell boycott anything anyone else "problematic" creates.
It is a shame when having an opinion about <something> makes a
person labelled as a <something>phobe.
You know, we didn't have toilets for like a thousand years just because some
What would happen if, at the height of cancel culture, there was a rumor that the inventor of the toilet was a racist and a rapist? :D
Refutation follows:
https://corporate.britannica.com/britannica_nature_response.pdf
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