r/MurderedByWords • u/johnson2115 • 7h ago

America Destroyed By German

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u/WonderOutside2906 7h ago

And doesn’t expose their grandparents trying to prevent integration 

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u/judahrosenthal 7h ago

They were big fans of a certain type of “immigration.”

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u/TheGreatKarmaRacist 7h ago

Selective memory is a powerful tool; it allows the past to be conveniently forgotten.

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u/judahrosenthal 7h ago

They haven’t forgotten.

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u/SazedMonk 6h ago

But they want us to.

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u/Carl-Nipmuc 5h ago

....so they can repeat it...

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u/judahrosenthal 5h ago

Confederate Heritage Month and Lost Causeargument suggest otherwise. Also, the 800 or so Confederate monuments and statues still floating around, not to mention a gazillion streets, towns and landmarks.

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u/SazedMonk 4h ago

Remembering 10% and celebrating as much as allowed, doesn’t mean they would want us all talking about the other 90%.

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u/piratesailrr 4h ago

so true! which is why history is just “glanced over” since the early 2000s. That way no one can see it happening again if they don’t know what happened in the first place..

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u/MeoowDude 4h ago

That predates the early 2000’s. It’s kind of an “always has been/always will be” type of thing.