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Ever notice how nobody talks about "moving on from the past" on July 4th?
by badman_ting 13y ago
Ever notice how nobody talks about "moving on from the past" on July 4th?
- Crito 13y agoNot that I agree with GP, but to be fair I don't think most Americans could even tell you when the last time we were at war with the British was.
- badman_ting 13y agoPrecisely, in a way.
- Crito 13y agoWell, I guess what I am getting at is that there is no lingering animosity and oppression between the British and the US. British/Irish relations might be a better analogy. Telling a black American to get over it might be roughly comparable to telling an Irish person to get over the British. In that case there are true atrocities in the past and continued conflict and animosity continued into the modern era.
- gweinberg 13y agoLong before anyone alive today was born, that's for sure.
- rdl 13y agoIs this a trick question? I'd immediately assume War of 1812 (if you mean "at war against the British", vs. fighting as allies, which would be...today). There were stirrings during the US Civil War, but it didn't rise to combat.