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In reply to the discussion: History is Religion for the Masses [View all]Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)115. I'd say it's a joke, just not necessarily on purpose.. (nt)
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But since we don't live alone, we create a world together. That's why we have the political process
brooklynite
Jan 2015
#17
Welll, first you have to be willing to consider everything you think you know about yourself
NightOwwl
Jan 2015
#48
What is the precise and relevant objective evidence to support that allegation?
LanternWaste
Jan 2015
#27
Nobody I know in the disability rights movement is "grateful for those scraps."
thucythucy
Jan 2015
#89
Thank you. I appreciate your response, and hope you will take the time to read my reply.
NightOwwl
Jan 2015
#119
I'm pretty comfortable just concluding you have either mistaken this for freshmen philosophy
el_bryanto
Jan 2015
#21
There's a difference between questioning and tearing the whole structure. nt
el_bryanto
Jan 2015
#46
I guess we just see it differently. We cannot end apathy until we recognize the problem.
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2015
#56
I suppose because I naively assumed your words gave an indication into your thought
el_bryanto
Jan 2015
#60
Is perceiving an unsupported premise as valid as a bumper sticker the same as "feeling threatened"?
LanternWaste
Jan 2015
#4
yours is the most adamant rationalization I've read at maintaining sub-literacy.
LanternWaste
Jan 2015
#14
Well put - so I'll go on giving my life meaning by supporting politicians who I think
el_bryanto
Jan 2015
#35
Everything you are up to the present is a compilation of your past.
Dont call me Shirley
Jan 2015
#29
I'd just like to say that I was never required to say the pledge and each of my classes from K-6
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#132
"History supplies little more than a list of people who have helped themselves
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jan 2015
#11
Are you saying we shouldn't deal with the root causes of what's happening?
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jan 2015
#31
History is Nostalgia. Both have already happened, both only exist in our minds.
NightOwwl
Jan 2015
#25
Yes 'history and religion' as in totally ignoring the meaning and doing whatever the fuck
Rex
Jan 2015
#20
But it is not noise and distraction anymore, now it is part of our culture. We are all branded.
Rex
Jan 2015
#28
I remember learning about The fight for Texas Independence when I was in middle school.
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2015
#30
I've seen inane, deeply ignorant dismissals of entire disciplines before..
Posteritatis
Jan 2015
#53
I believe that's the same thing people said when they were told the earth was round.
NightOwwl
Jan 2015
#67
Well, there's another way to highlight how little you know about the topic, I suppose. (nt)
Posteritatis
Jan 2015
#71
The owners don't want well informed people capable of critical thinking. Damn George
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2015
#97
What's maddening to me is that the reason so many are satisfied is because we currently
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2015
#103
Yep - If people looked at the policies that are implemented and the actions taken they might wake up
NightOwwl
Jan 2015
#107
People can feel when things are wrong especially when they can't put food on the table for
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2015
#110
It is true that the ruling class gets to write current history. It has happened since the
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2015
#136
George Carlin, being dead, is a historical figure, and as such is subjective and not factual.
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#134
And the 'I hate history' poster cites history to attempt a point. And that ends all deba
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#133
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect - Mark Twain
NightOwwl
Jan 2015
#63
And there you go, citing more history, going back to the Romans, as part of your 'history is without
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#135
I freely admit that many people don't agree with me on a number of issues...
brooklynite
Jan 2015
#116
Hey now, they could simply be rationalizing their complete ignorance of it instead.
Posteritatis
Jan 2015
#77
"Nuh-uh! I don't need to think! I just know!" is the opposite of questioning things. (nt)
Posteritatis
Jan 2015
#84
So we shouldn't correct it when they get facts wrong about Native American history, or
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2015
#98
You know what is sad. My 16 year old autistic son is just getting to an age where he can
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2015
#105
Fair enough...show me a nation state anywhere at any time in history which has figured this out
brooklynite
Jan 2015
#111
If so few people are capable of governing themselves how fewer still should govern others?
Nuclear Unicorn
Jan 2015
#123
The Democrats have already gone along with cuts to food stamps, WIC, and pensions.
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2015
#102
Very good points LWolf. History is incomplete, imperfect and is told with bias.
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2015
#108