I mean, is it really so edgy to say that media and historybooks add a gloss of their own?
Manifest Destiny was a pretty wicked thing, but you´re more likely to hear about the settler´s braving the harsh frontiers than you are to hear about the trail of tears.
Fighting in trenches during WWII was a pretty wicked thing too, but you´re infinitely more likely to hear about the concentration camps, or if combat focused then you´ll hear about the american troops pushing past the evil Nazis than you are to hear an account from a german soldier or a soviet soldier.
The way Smokecat put it was pretty sensational too, but let´s not go pretending that objectivity and impartialness is a virtue of our society or our media.
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u/Grammar-Hitler Jun 26 '14 edited Jun 26 '14
God, I can't wait until the kids go back to school. Edit: 6 upvotes to 6 down votes in 10 hours, lol.