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Started by Susan, August 08, 2023, 01:21:18 AM

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Susan

Quote from: Jason Harvestdancer on August 26, 2023, 12:12:41 AMEgypt, apparently.  The government hates this series.

Yeah, this is called "self-xenophobia".

Blackleaf

Quote from: Susan on August 27, 2023, 02:35:08 AMYeah, this is called "self-xenophobia".

Is this like how people in England were offended by Meghan Markle not being white enough for Prince Harry?
"Oh, wearisome condition of humanity,
Born under one law, to another bound;
Vainly begot, and yet forbidden vanity,
Created sick, commanded to be sound."
--Fulke Greville--

Shiranu


Watching this video reminded me of this thread.

The closing statements, around 15:00ish, talks about how misrepresentations of history like this help contribute to a faulty view of the past; it contributes to a false world view where colonialism didn't happen, everything was great and just forget about it.

Who does this ultimately help when people do forget about it - as time passes and historical literacy declines, as reality is written out of history books for political agendas (of either side,) do the oppressed or the oppressors benefit?
"A little science distances you from God, but a lot of science brings you nearer to Him." - Louis Pasteur

Mike Cl

Quote from: Shiranu on September 03, 2023, 06:37:07 PM

Watching this video reminded me of this thread.

The closing statements, around 15:00ish, talks about how misrepresentations of history like this help contribute to a faulty view of the past; it contributes to a false world view where colonialism didn't happen, everything was great and just forget about it.

Who does this ultimately help when people do forget about it - as time passes and historical literacy declines, as reality is written out of history books for political agendas (of either side,) do the oppressed or the oppressors benefit?
The Repubs seem to think they benefit.  History (and education in general) seem to be under attack everywhere in this country.
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?<br />Then he is not omnipotent,<br />Is he able but not willing?<br />Then whence cometh evil?<br />Is he neither able or willing?<br />Then why call him god?

Shiranu

#19
QuoteThe Repubs seem to think they benefit. 

They do; they discovered the cheat code that so many other fascists and their brothers in evil have used throughout history - stand for nothing other than self gain.

It's all a game for them.

Houston recently dismissed a bunch of school librarians; those libraries are now being converted into "discipline centres."

Nazis burn books publicly in Florida.

Several States need to see the federal government flex it's muscles a bit more than it has; there is no benefit in letting the fascist agenda spread in America.
"A little science distances you from God, but a lot of science brings you nearer to Him." - Louis Pasteur