Leebra lemmyshitpost
login register

Interesting

a year ago by Mickey7 to c/lemmyshitpost

save

share

report

solsangraal 83 points a year ago

save

path: 0 18074522, hotness: undefined, score: 83, children: 3
griff 13 points a year ago

“Don’t know much about history…” —Sam Cooke

save

path: 0 18074522 18076084, hotness: undefined, score: 13, children: 2
Jerkface 9 points a year ago

"Don't know much biology..." -Sam Cooke some more

save

path: 0 18074522 18076084 18076465, hotness: undefined, score: 9, children: 1
ivanafterall 4 points a year ago

"What the fuck is a science book?" -Sam Cooke, 2025 Remastered Version

save

path: 0 18074522 18076084 18076465 18085710, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 0
Bort 68 points a year ago

And I was taught the Soviets are evil because they spy on their own people……

save

path: 0 18074514, hotness: undefined, score: 68, children: 7
captainlezbian 38 points a year ago

I was taught that in the mid 00s. My father somehow was confused that I supported snowden

save

path: 0 18074514 18074726, hotness: undefined, score: 38, children: 3
underscores 15 points a year ago

Did fox news tell him Snowden was a big bad gasp traitor?

save

path: 0 18074514 18074726 18076401, hotness: undefined, score: 15, children: 1
Alcoholicorn 5 points a year ago

No, CNN told my dad that.

save

path: 0 18074514 18074726 18076401 18089443, hotness: undefined, score: 5, children: 0
Kanda 2 points a year ago

When the propaganda is chef's kiss

save

path: 0 18074514 18074726 18093849, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 0
Maalus 4 points a year ago

They did spy on their own people, and to get ahead, a lot of people collaborated with the government to report other people.

save

path: 0 18074514 18087422, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 1
Lv_InSaNe_vL 1 point a year ago

Yeah that wasn't a great point. The US spies on its own people sure (but literally every country does) but it was nothing like the Soviet union.

save

path: 0 18074514 18087422 18089707, hotness: undefined, score: 1, children: 0
Valmond 2 points a year ago

That's not why they were evil 😑well not only that.

save

path: 0 18074514 18077968, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 0
SSNs4evr 37 points a year ago

Or as a young man in the navy, being told to make sure to act right in foreign countries...."you'd never want to have to deal with their legal system."

save

path: 0 18081021, hotness: undefined, score: 37, children: 0
Dr_Box 32 points a year ago

I remember being a kid wishing there was more world history being taught. Seemed like we got a touch of world history in 6th grade and 9th grade but between those spaces was all US History

save

path: 0 18074916, hotness: undefined, score: 32, children: 9
SubArcticTundra 7 points a year ago

What world history do they teach in the US?

save

path: 0 18074916 18076821, hotness: undefined, score: 7, children: 5
humorlessrepost 25 points a year ago

How Ancient Greece created Western Democracy and separated us from the savages.

Franz Ferdinand got assassinated and that was bad, therefore assassinations only make things worse.

WWII and how the US saved the world.

Russians were scary but America won.

save

path: 0 18074916 18076821 18077227, hotness: undefined, score: 25, children: 2
Subdivide6857 8 points a year ago

Spot on. Make sure the kids know the US is exceptional.🤢

save

path: 0 18074916 18076821 18077227 18077371, hotness: undefined, score: 8, children: 0
Dr_Box 3 points a year ago

Yeah this is pretty accurate

save

path: 0 18074916 18076821 18077227 18080301, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0
rayyy 5 points a year ago

Fascist world history, aka, Republican party history. Seems their failed fascist "Business plot" was skipped over in school history books.

save

path: 0 18074916 18076821 18085422, hotness: undefined, score: 5, children: 1
nomy 2 points a year ago

The only reason it failed was because the traitors mistakenly chosen a good and loyal American soldier who informed FDR of the plot.

Smedley Butler is a name that has essentially been forgotten due to his later views on American business interests and foreign imperialism.

save

path: 0 18074916 18076821 18085422 18089558, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 0
VitoRobles 3 points a year ago

I remember HS history was incredibly neutered. It was still America is Heroes. There were small cracks, like Japanese internment camps. Or the Trail of Tears. But they had a single paragraph or two. I remember reading about the Vietnam war and how people "feel" about it.

Only during college did I read about real history. Things like our meddling in the Philippines. Our meddling in South America. Our meddling in Southeast Asia after WW2. Not to mention real American history, like Black Wall Street.

The worse is that the text books are owned by conservatives, so expect even more neutering/white washing. Combined with religious folks hating modern education and homeschooling, and we got ourselves some backwards ass folks.

save

path: 0 18074916 18089525, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0
MonkderVierte -1 points a year ago

MAGAts got raised?

save

path: 0 18074916 18084754, hotness: undefined, score: -1, children: 1
rayyy -1 points a year ago

MAGA

Morons And Genuine Ass-holes

save

path: 0 18074916 18084754 18085457, hotness: undefined, score: -1, children: 0
Bamboodpanda 30 points a year ago

I was raised to love my neighbor, to respond to hate with compassion, to tell the truth even when it hurt. I was taught that these were Christian values and by extension, American ones. We were the country that believed in freedom of thought, the integrity of history, and moral courage.

But now I see many of the same people who taught me those values embracing a movement built on denial, grievance, and revisionist history. They’ve tied themselves to a man who mocks truth, glorifies cruelty, and demands loyalty over integrity.

And the saddest part? We used to look at other nations and say, “That could never happen here.” But it is happening here. And it’s not being forced on us, we’re choosing it.

The cost of that betrayal isn’t some distant consequence we’ll face down the road. It’s already here. The values they abandoned didn’t slowly fade, they were cast aside, willingly, and replaced with something hollow. This isn’t a detour. It’s the destination. And the people who once preached righteousness have no intention of turning back.

save

path: 0 18087229, hotness: undefined, score: 30, children: 2
Soup 3 points a year ago

It was always happening in the States, just less so or people didn’t care whether or not the history of slaves or whatever was real or not.

save

path: 0 18087229 18089111, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 1
walktheplank 2 points a year ago

save

path: 0 18087229 18089111 18089304, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 0
Daft_ish 14 points a year ago

Those adults then got treated real poorly, underpaid, abused, and replaced. Now state media is great!

save

path: 0 18079201, hotness: undefined, score: 14, children: 1
Mickey7 2 points a year ago

funny how no one in school trusted the mainstream media and now they believe everything they say without question

save

path: 0 18079201 18103390, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 0
But_my_mom_says_im_cool 11 points a year ago

As a kid I distinctly remember American conservatives bombing half my country to keep Russia away from this hemisphere. Now they suck Putin cock

save

path: 0 18087733, hotness: undefined, score: 11, children: 2
VitoRobles 6 points a year ago

As a kid, I distinctly remember protesting (two separate decades) to stop the middle east invasion. I remember even when it was announced, it was deeply unpopular.

And here we are again.

save

path: 0 18087733 18089455, hotness: undefined, score: 6, children: 1
FordBeeblebrox 1 point a year ago

save

path: 0 18087733 18089455 18094713, hotness: undefined, score: 1, children: 0
melsaskca 6 points a year ago

My parents said "Quit eating that school glue, shithead!".

save

path: 0 18085791, hotness: undefined, score: 6, children: 0
Mickey7 6 points a year ago

curious how almost everyone missed the point of this post

save

path: 0 18094183, hotness: undefined, score: 6, children: 0
Maeve 3 points a year ago

😆

save

path: 0 18074294, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0
yarr 2 points a year ago

I also remember that the USSR was mocked because their citizens had to show papers to move around inside the country. With all the warrantless searches allowed within 50 miles of the border (aka a huge part of the USA) and the huge amount of scrutiny that you face to even fly within the USA, it doesn't seem quite so funny anymore.

save

path: 0 18089743, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 0
hakase 1 point a year ago

I mean, yeah. Two different things can be true at the same time.

save

path: 0 18078945, hotness: undefined, score: 1, children: 0
lemmyshitpost
lemmyshitpost

@lemmy.world

login for more options
42355
30876
14598

Welcome to Lemmy Shitpost. Here you can shitpost to your hearts content.

Anything and everything goes. Memes, Jokes, Vents and Banter. Though we still have to comply with lemmy.world instance rules. So behave!

Rules:

1. Be Respectful

Refrain from using harmful language pertaining to a protected characteristic: e.g. race, gender, sexuality, disability or religion.

Refrain from being argumentative when responding or commenting to posts/replies. Personal attacks are not welcome here.

...

2. No Illegal Content

Content that violates the law. Any post/comment found to be in breach of common law will be removed and given to the authorities if required.

That means:

-No promoting violence/threats against any individuals

-No CSA content or Revenge Porn

-No sharing private/personal information (Doxxing)

...

3. No Spam

Posting the same post, no matter the intent is against the rules.

-If you have posted content, please refrain from re-posting said content within this community.

-Do not spam posts with intent to harass, annoy, bully, advertise, scam or harm this community.

-No posting Scams/Advertisements/Phishing Links/IP Grabbers

-No Bots, Bots will be banned from the community.

...

4. No Porn/Explicit

Content

-Do not post explicit content. Lemmy.World is not the instance for NSFW content.

-Do not post Gore or Shock Content.

...

5. No Enciting Harassment,

Brigading, Doxxing or Witch Hunts

-Do not Brigade other Communities

-No calls to action against other communities/users within Lemmy or outside of Lemmy.

-No Witch Hunts against users/communities.

-No content that harasses members within or outside of the community.

...

6. NSFW should be behind NSFW tags.

-Content that is NSFW should be behind NSFW tags.

-Content that might be distressing should be kept behind NSFW tags.

...

If you see content that is a breach of the rules, please flag and report the comment and a moderator will take action where they can.

Also check out:

Partnered Communities:

1.Memes

2.Lemmy Review

3.Mildly Infuriating

4.Lemmy Be Wholesome

5.No Stupid Questions

6.You Should Know

7.Comedy Heaven

8.Credible Defense

9.Ten Forward

10.LinuxMemes (Linux themed memes)

Reach out to

All communities included on the sidebar are to be made in compliance with the instance rules. Striker

go to feed...