Edits to post #25263591 by Profanity
Edited at 2014-10-14 02:08:10
At 10/14/14 01:22 AM, Freaki-boy92 wrote: oh well, maybe if it was actually my country i'd have put more research into it, but no i'm a dirty filthy foreigner who you guys seem to love stomping all over in some form or another
So you want us to agree that your ignorance and ethnocentricity is justified because you've decided that America is a whitewashed Euro-descended intolerant empire? Maybe your opinions would change if you studied more history without focusing so much on your own. Then again, America sees itself as a child of every nation, which might explain why we're taught the histories of every one.
US of America filled a power vacuum left by several warring empires who had the misfortune of devastating each other's militaries and populations. We invited international peoples from all nations to come to this land and make a new home without fearing retaliations for their religious beliefs, rejections of dynasties or kingdoms, or the threat of instability. We gave people the power to choose their own beliefs, build themselves, elect their own leaders, and it worked.
i was going on information that i believed to be correct from sources that i have looked up and subsequently forgotten all the details of. maybe i shouldn't have presented it as fact but it's too late to go back now.
I did the same, and used your name "John Americk" instead of "Richard Ameryke" (the Welshman). Haven't bothers to look up the surname type, but I think in right about the town being the namesake.
and the origins of their country? why not celebrate the indiginous peoples instead? they're the true originators of the country, not some italian fatarse who did nothing except land in a place, fallaciously call it india and insist it was india to the day he died in a bid to prove that the earth was pear-shaped. yep, that's what he was out to prove. he was convinced that the earth was pear shaped and nobody was gonna tell him otherwise, even when evidence contrary to that was staring him in the face
Maybe you don't understand how this "celebration" of Columbus Day goes on. Some people have the day off, many discuss the history of the settling of America, and it's an excuse for shops to discount their old wares before Black Friday and Christmas time. It's not a joyous occasion.
columbus wasn't a hero, he was an idiot, a cretin and a fool. don't celebrate him, celebrate the goddanm natives.
There are no heroes. Should the film 300 be appended with an essay detailing that the events at Thermopylae haven't been accurately portrayed? Of course not. People whose legacies are significant because they shifted the course of history, like Christopher Columbus, can still be recognized for doing great things despite their alleged buffoonery.
How would you suggest that America celebrates its natives? Should we start a holiday which focuses on the importance of the role of the Wampanoag in welcoming the earliest settlers to New England? They saved Pilgrim's lives, you know.
At 10/14/14 01:22 AM, Freaki-boy92 wrote: oh well, maybe if it was actually my country i'd have put more research into it, but no i'm a dirty filthy foreigner who you guys seem to love stomping all over in some form or another
So you want us to agree that your ignorance and ethnocentricity is justified because you've decided that America is a whitewashed Euro-descended intolerant empire? Maybe your opinions would change if you studied more history without focusing so much on your own. Then again, America sees itself as a child of every nation, which might explain why we're taught the histories of every one.
US of America filled a power vacuum left by several warring empires who had the misfortune of devastating each other's militaries and populations. We invited international peoples from all nations to come to this land and make a new home without fearing retaliations for their religious beliefs, rejections of dynasties or kingdoms, or the threat of instability. We gave people the power to choose their own beliefs, build themselves, elect their own leaders, and it worked.
i was going on information that i believed to be correct from sources that i have looked up and subsequently forgotten all the details of. maybe i shouldn't have presented it as fact but it's too late to go back now.
I did the same, and used your name "John Americk" instead of "Richard Ameryke" (the Welshman). Haven't bothered to look up the surname type, but I think in right about the town being the namesake.
and the origins of their country? why not celebrate the indiginous peoples instead? they're the true originators of the country, not some italian fatarse who did nothing except land in a place, fallaciously call it india and insist it was india to the day he died in a bid to prove that the earth was pear-shaped. yep, that's what he was out to prove. he was convinced that the earth was pear shaped and nobody was gonna tell him otherwise, even when evidence contrary to that was staring him in the face
Maybe you don't understand how this "celebration" of Columbus Day goes on. Some people have the day off, many discuss the history of the settling of America, and it's an excuse for shops to discount their old wares before Black Friday and Christmas time. It's not a joyous occasion.
columbus wasn't a hero, he was an idiot, a cretin and a fool. don't celebrate him, celebrate the goddanm natives.
There are no heroes. Should the film 300 be appended with an essay detailing that the events at Thermopylae haven't been accurately portrayed? Of course not. People whose legacies are significant because they shifted the course of history, like Christopher Columbus, can still be recognized for doing great things despite their alleged buffoonery.
How would you suggest that America celebrates its natives? Should we start a holiday which focuses on the importance of the role of the Wampanoag in welcoming the earliest settlers to New England? They saved Pilgrim's lives, you know.
Edited at 2014-10-14 02:04:26
At 10/14/14 01:22 AM, Freaki-boy92 wrote: oh well, maybe if it was actually my country i'd have put more research into it, but no i'm a dirty filthy foreigner who you guys seem to love stomping all over in some form or another
So you want us to agree that your ignorance and ethnocentricity is justified because you've decided that America is a whitewashed Euro-descended intolerant empire? Maybe your opinions would change if you studied more history without focusing so much on your own. Then again, America sees itself as a child of every nation, which might explain why we're taught the histories of every one.
US of America filled a power vacuum left by several warring empires who had the misfortune of devastating each other's militaries and populations. We invited international peoples from all nations to come to this land and make a new home without fearing retaliations for their religious beliefs, rejections of dynasties or kingdoms, or the threat of instability. We have people the power to choose their own beliefs, build themselves, elect their own leaders, and it worked.
i was going on information that i believed to be correct from sources that i have looked up and subsequently forgotten all the details of. maybe i shouldn't have presented it as fact but it's too late to go back now.
I did the same, and used your name "John Americk" instead of "Richard Ameryke" (the Welshman). Haven't bothers to look up the surname type, but I think in right about the town being the namesake.
and the origins of their country? why not celebrate the indiginous peoples instead? they're the true originators of the country, not some italian fatarse who did nothing except land in a place, fallaciously call it india and insist it was india to the day he died in a bid to prove that the earth was pear-shaped. yep, that's what he was out to prove. he was convinced that the earth was pear shaped and nobody was gonna tell him otherwise, even when evidence contrary to that was staring him in the face
Maybe you don't understand how this "celebration" of Columbus Day goes on. Some people have the day off, many discuss the history of the settling of America, and it's an excuse for shops to discount their old wares before Black Friday and Christmas time. It's not a joyous occasion.
columbus wasn't a hero, he was an idiot, a cretin and a fool. don't celebrate him, celebrate the goddanm natives.
There are no heroes. Should the film 300 be appended with an essay detailing that the events at Thermopylae haven't been accurately portrayed? Of course not. People whose legacies are significant because they shifted the course of history, like Christopher Columbus, can still be recognized for doing great things despite their alleged buffoonery.
How would you suggest that America celebrates its natives? Should we start a holiday which focuses on the importance of the role of the Wampanoag in welcoming the earliest settlers to New England? They saved Pilgrim's lives, you know.
At 10/14/14 01:22 AM, Freaki-boy92 wrote: oh well, maybe if it was actually my country i'd have put more research into it, but no i'm a dirty filthy foreigner who you guys seem to love stomping all over in some form or another
So you want us to agree that your ignorance and ethnocentricity is justified because you've decided that America is a whitewashed Euro-descended intolerant empire? Maybe your opinions would change if you studied more history without focusing so much on your own. Then again, America sees itself as a child of every nation, which might explain why we're taught the histories of every one.
US of America filled a power vacuum left by several warring empires who had the misfortune of devastating each other's militaries and populations. We invited international peoples from all nations to come to this land and make a new home without fearing retaliations for their religious beliefs, rejections of dynasties or kingdoms, or the threat of instability. We gave people the power to choose their own beliefs, build themselves, elect their own leaders, and it worked.
i was going on information that i believed to be correct from sources that i have looked up and subsequently forgotten all the details of. maybe i shouldn't have presented it as fact but it's too late to go back now.
I did the same, and used your name "John Americk" instead of "Richard Ameryke" (the Welshman). Haven't bothers to look up the surname type, but I think in right about the town being the namesake.
and the origins of their country? why not celebrate the indiginous peoples instead? they're the true originators of the country, not some italian fatarse who did nothing except land in a place, fallaciously call it india and insist it was india to the day he died in a bid to prove that the earth was pear-shaped. yep, that's what he was out to prove. he was convinced that the earth was pear shaped and nobody was gonna tell him otherwise, even when evidence contrary to that was staring him in the face
Maybe you don't understand how this "celebration" of Columbus Day goes on. Some people have the day off, many discuss the history of the settling of America, and it's an excuse for shops to discount their old wares before Black Friday and Christmas time. It's not a joyous occasion.
columbus wasn't a hero, he was an idiot, a cretin and a fool. don't celebrate him, celebrate the goddanm natives.
There are no heroes. Should the film 300 be appended with an essay detailing that the events at Thermopylae haven't been accurately portrayed? Of course not. People whose legacies are significant because they shifted the course of history, like Christopher Columbus, can still be recognized for doing great things despite their alleged buffoonery.
How would you suggest that America celebrates its natives? Should we start a holiday which focuses on the importance of the role of the Wampanoag in welcoming the earliest settlers to New England? They saved Pilgrim's lives, you know.
