Upvoted because it's criticising the un-united shithole of america with satire and also because people need to be made aware of the history of america that conservatives want to hide from you

[–] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 29 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Nobody's really hiding the existence of slaves, so I'm not sure what you're trying to say here

[–] catharticrespite@sh.itjust.works 40 points 2 years ago

It's not so much hiding as glazing over. The fact that anyone would argue that the civil war was about 'states rights' should tell you how poorly we recall our history

I'll never forget reading a textbook in high-school that acknowledged the genocide of the Native Americans before quickly moving on to talk about how stately and wise the people who killed them were

[–] yeepyorp@mtgzone.com 31 points 2 years ago

texan textbooks

[–] pollocks@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago

There are some crazies out there. Cough Yedolf cough

[–] jon@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago

If you get your public education in the deep south, you'll get a lot of lost-cause revisionist history. Everything from "the civil war really had nothing to do with slavery" to "slaves were actually treated very well".

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago

They seem to want to hide segregation.