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Xolodno

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5. Even in Russia they know Stalin was a mass murderer.

Reply to Cyrano (Original post)

Tue Oct 19, 2021, 07:24 PM

Oct 2021

But they shrug and say he was the mass murderer they needed at the time.

Here in the USA, our history books gloss over or omit a lot of important details.

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So about that "Remember the Alamo" crap [View all] Cyrano Oct 2021 OP

Spot On SheLiberal Oct 2021 #1

Funny how we were never taught soooo much in school. Biophilic Oct 2021 #2

US history has been very largely whitewashed...nt Wounded Bear Oct 2021 #3

At the very least. nt Biophilic Oct 2021 #4

American history has been WHITEwashed, all right. ShazzieB Oct 2021 #10

That's an excellent book. I especially enjoyed the discussion of how broiles Oct 2021 #15

I recommend the book, Forget the Alamo Retrograde Oct 2021 #17

Even in Russia they know Stalin was a mass murderer. Xolodno Oct 2021 #5

I gotta defend public education on this one... albacore Oct 2021 #6

I had but two K-12 history teachers who didn't teach the usual textbook U.S.A. pablum history. hunter Oct 2021 #8

Interesting that the flip in Republican views on post secondary education... paleotn Oct 2021 #9

Good defense. The rise in Republican to kill education has been paid for by their owner donors. ancianita Oct 2021 #12

TX GOP opposed critical thinking skills in school. keithbvadu2 Oct 2021 #16

My pacifist abolitionist ancestors were not into that "Remember the Alamo" crap. hunter Oct 2021 #7

not into that "Remember the Alamo" keithbvadu2 Oct 2021 #14

Is Perl Horber a friend of Hugh Moran? Retrograde Oct 2021 #18

There are a LOT of Texans trying to turn it Blue... ashredux Oct 2021 #11

I just read (ok listened to while out walking) a book "Forget the Alamo" dflprincess Oct 2021 #13

Abbot and the TX repubs do not want the true history of the Alamo taught. keithbvadu2 Oct 2021 #19