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The idea that the Civil War was fought to free the slaves is dispensed with pretty early on - if not in middle school, then at least by high school, and in the
by calambrac 17y ago
The idea that the Civil War was fought to free the slaves is dispensed with pretty early on - if not in middle school, then at least by high school, and in the worst case by freshman history in college.
Thanks, though, that was dramatic.
- grandalf 17y agoOk, well what about the idea that WWII was fought to save the Jews from Hitler? You may have learned these things, but if you ask people to name a "just" war that the US has been in, those are the examples that come up. Even Obama makes frequent reference both to Lincoln and to modern European history in his rhetoric.
- calambrac 17y agoUm, what about it? That one's also taken care of pretty early in the curriculum (actually, I've never really heard that one). Are you just casting around to find something you can call someone stupid for thinking?
- grandalf 17y agoHah. Not really. I think most American people believe that stuff. Why else do people visit all the monuments, etc.?
- chollida1 17y ago> Ok, well what about the idea that WWII was fought to save the Jews from Hitler? Does anyone really think that? I've never heard that idea posed.
- grandalf 17y agothis is a very popular view. Are you serious?
- anamax 17y ago"WWII was about saving Jews" may be a popular view now, but the death camps and the like were not well known during the war. I doubt that many Russians fought to save Jews, or that common knowledge of the Holocaust would have changed the number. Maybe some French and Italians might have been more interested.
- chollida1 17y agoWell to be fair to you I am Canadian. This point of view could be entirely American?