in no other country on earth do you get people flocking to historical sites, ppledging allegiance to the current power structure or a sanitized history.

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1408379470193512451

  • CthulhusIntern [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I'm a super America-hating leftist, but when I'm at Civil War sites, I'm all "FUCK YEAH, KILL THOSE TRAITORS!"

    • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      lol, in Canada most of the monuments aren't even stuff you can get excited about. Like oh cool, this is the reason why we're part of a British empire, instead of a French/American one.

      • SoyViking [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        In Denmark monuments are either: "Here's king so and so sitting on a horse and he was actually pretty awesome for unspecified reasons" or it's "We got our asses kicked in that war but we had the moral high ground"

      • PaulSmackage [he/him, comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        I get weird looks from anglos whenever i mention louis riel in any sort of positive context. You guys love this rebellion shit, why are you so upset by a guy who actually did it?

        • CthulhusIntern [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Me normally: Sherman, while on the right side in the war, was an imperialist and white supremacist, and gleefully participated against the Native Americans.

          Me when I hear lost cause idiots: Sherman did one thing wrong. He stopped. I want to go back in time and give him nukes.