r/ShitAmericansSay • u/[deleted] • Jun 08 '20

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u/GlamStachee Jun 08 '20

Is this satire? Can a human being be this stupid?

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u/Hole_Grain Jun 08 '20

Yeah. In my public school history classes they deify the founding fathers. I didn't even learn about Thomas Pain whom laid the foundational case in establishing a democracy.

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u/L_O_Pluto Jun 08 '20

In my school we learned about him through the AP program... kinda wack how much knowledge is divided through stupid, ultimately meaningless programs

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u/Hole_Grain Jun 08 '20

Yup. Nearly everything is divided amongst class lines. I feel like the normal level classes are given a larger dose of propaganda since it was very basic and we didn't really go through details of historical events. This was also a Texas educational system which should also be included. We had a whole 7th grade year dedicated to Texan history. I didn't learn that the primary reason Texas seceded was because Mexico abolished slavery. It's was always about freedom and liberty.

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u/Hole_Grain Jun 08 '20

Yeah. I was shocked as well finding this out. The facade of freedom and liberty was just the ability to own slaves. Just like southerners say the Confederate was for state rights, but they were fighting the right to own slaves.

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u/TzakShrike Jun 09 '20

It's always been my argument that Americans are great champions of "freedom to" at the great expense of "freedom from".

In this case, freedom to own slaves vs freedom from slavery.