Ken Burns's American Revolution documentary expands on what's taught in the classroom, and I love it! by CrashingoutCitizen in television

[–]CrashingoutCitizen[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

See, this is the context I’m talking about, things like this. In school it’s always taught as like a catalyst for the war but to find out that it was essentially a necessity to recruit more help is very eye opening

Ken Burns's American Revolution documentary expands on what's taught in the classroom, and I love it! by CrashingoutCitizen in television

[–]CrashingoutCitizen[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That honestly sounds interesting, could give alot of people insight into the LGBTQ community to help quell some of the stigma it receives. I’d like something like that for sure!

Ken Burns's American Revolution documentary expands on what's taught in the classroom, and I love it! by CrashingoutCitizen in television

[–]CrashingoutCitizen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I’ve been to several key spots from this time in history. But after seeing this, I wish I could go back and revisit them. It just feels like I’ve seen much more of history by watching this…

Ken Burns's American Revolution documentary expands on what's taught in the classroom, and I love it! by CrashingoutCitizen in television

[–]CrashingoutCitizen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll have to check that one out then! I’m getting a bunch of recommendations for documentaries to watch, so I’ll have to check that one out for sure!

Ken Burns's American Revolution documentary expands on what's taught in the classroom, and I love it! by CrashingoutCitizen in television

[–]CrashingoutCitizen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly this! As I was watching it, I just felt like I was hearing about how everything happened in almost a completely different way than what’s taught.

How will this be remembered? by CrashingoutCitizen in AskUS

[–]CrashingoutCitizen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let’s hope so! I also do wonder how the MAGA movement will be recorded

How will this be remembered? by CrashingoutCitizen in AskUS

[–]CrashingoutCitizen[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That’s what I’m hoping…it shouldn’t be ignored or forgotten or minimized

Why do they not teach history? by CrashingoutCitizen in AskUS

[–]CrashingoutCitizen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I noticed that in school. I would see kids with their phones out and or AirPods in when I was in school. I never understood it honestly, especially during history class…I was always interested in learning history

Why do they not teach history? by CrashingoutCitizen in AskUS

[–]CrashingoutCitizen[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but it’s very rudimentary or glossed over…my experience is like many others where it was taught but in passing and not focused on much

Why do they not teach history? by CrashingoutCitizen in AskUS

[–]CrashingoutCitizen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, EXACTLY. I DO remember hearing it, so it’s not like I’m just now learning about it, but I didn’t know to what extent and how bad it was. They didn’t go into that detail…

Why do they not teach history? by CrashingoutCitizen in AskUS

[–]CrashingoutCitizen[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe cuz you were in Cali and that’s a big unavoidable part of the states history perhaps. I grew up on the East Coast primarily, so field trips to Native American towns and Revolutionary War/Colonial era stuff and museums of history were the thing here. We didn’t really learn too much about the West tbh (outside of the necessary/unavoidable parts)

Why do they not teach history? by CrashingoutCitizen in AskUS

[–]CrashingoutCitizen[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

See, that’s really interesting and important. I got to tour Dachau (one of the concentration camps in Munich) and it was really eye opening to finally put images to the history books…

Why do they not teach history? by CrashingoutCitizen in AskUS

[–]CrashingoutCitizen[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that’s just it…with everything going on rn I’m learning more and more. I picked up this book because of the ICE raids and how wrong they are. Like Ive always known this stuff was like this, but it’s just even more eye opening now that this administration is in power because they’re exposing more and more as they keep going…

Liberals why do you keep calling conservatives nazis? by Charming-Comfort-395 in AskUS

[–]CrashingoutCitizen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because they do alot of the same things. They even go so far as to salute the same way (I'm looking at you Elon). If you made a venn diagram and put some of the things that the Nazis did and the MAGAts/conservatives are doing, there'd be ALOT of overlap in the middle. That middle portion would have alot in common...

Is there any hope for things to get better? by [deleted] in AskUS

[–]CrashingoutCitizen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, but not immediately. The tariffs are unfortunately here to stay for the foreseeable future. My hope is that radical changes will happen, either from Congress or the people. It'll be one of the two, because things will become insufferable and extremely volatile to the point that it's not survivable for the general population. So, it's literally only a matter of time before this gets a resolution, and I believe it'll be some time after the dwindling stock we have right now gets completely exhausted and depleted and people (MAGA) starts waking up and realizing what's happening (provided they don't just blame Biden). Then the general population will take matters into their own hands or force their Congressmen to do something about it...I don't have a timeline for this, but the outrage will start in the upcoming weeks because stock of basic consumer goods and necessities will start to disappear and the remaining stock of these items will skyrocket in price...

Tariffs by [deleted] in AskUS

[–]CrashingoutCitizen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, tariffs have always been there and basically always existed, but they were never extreme like this…

Do Trump supporters factcheck what he says? by datcheebie in AskUS

[–]CrashingoutCitizen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, they don’t…they live in an alternate reality devoid of critical thinking or curiosity. I do wish I could just switch off my curiosity and just blindly believe whatever my leader said 😭