The real reason the Cuban Missile Crisis was a disaster is because Fidel didn't immediately fire them all at Miami. That is all. :no-choice:

  • MC_Kublai [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    Perhaps the most ubiquitous type of lie perpetuated by both American history and American media is the lie of omission

    • Tachanka [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      it's very clever. when you straight up misrepresent facts it's very easy to debunk, but when you lie by omission it doesn't seem like a lie. You can always plausibly dismiss the details you omitted as unimportant or irrelevant.