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minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 days agoIn our defense, Americans are only TAUGHT that peaceful protest is the only viable way. Our schools don’t teach about the Battle of Blair Mountain, or Haymarket Square, or the Deacons for Defense, etc. etc. etc.
minus-squareParadoxeuh@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoI’m sure it has to do with your education but I find it dangerous how it makes the average american allergic to non-cosmetic protests.
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 days agoRight there with you, dude. I read history for fun and there are many, many things I learned just through self-educating that I know were deliberately censored by our public education system.
In our defense, Americans are only TAUGHT that peaceful protest is the only viable way.
Our schools don’t teach about the Battle of Blair Mountain, or Haymarket Square, or the Deacons for Defense, etc. etc. etc.
I’m sure it has to do with your education but I find it dangerous how it makes the average american allergic to non-cosmetic protests.
Right there with you, dude. I read history for fun and there are many, many things I learned just through self-educating that I know were deliberately censored by our public education system.