Julie Skywalker wrote:That's what people are taught in regular school, because it's the version that makes America look better. If you read beyond that, you'll learn that's a bending of the truth, but I'm honestly done arguing about this because no American ever wants to hear the truth. No, this country is not totally bad; there are many good things about it. But you have to be able to admit when it did wrong and it seems no one ever will.
I guess the Japanese interment camps in WW2 that gave Hitler some of his ideas for the "solution" to the "Jewish Question" wasn't a thing either. That's another one most people like to deny.
If you wanna be super patriotic to the point of ignoring history, be my guest. Ignorance is bliss, after all.
In my opinion, you're ignoring the facts to make America look much worse than it actually is.
Let's see. Auschwitz was first operational in May of 1940. The Japanese internment began in 1942, after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Now you tell me, which was first, hmm? How could the Germans have been copying us, when they started long before we did?
And as ugly as that part of our history is, you have to admit:
what would you have done? We were at war with the Japanese, and we had Japanese citizens within our own borders. Keeping them locked up was a logical thing to do.
The Japanese, on the other hand, were ambitious, relentless warriors. They had a "fight with honor or die" philosophy. If they couldn't win, they didn't want to live at all. They'd crash their planes into our ships, and even American planes. They imprisoned captured American soldiers, and tortured them. Perhaps you should read up on those stories. The Japanese loved their torture.
The internment camps are just a representation of one simple fact: we are neither no better nor no worse than any other country. Yes, we do dark things... but so does every country. Every civilization does what it needs to do to thrive. For us, that meant locking up those who could have been a threat. Was it right? Hell no. But it was done out of fear. We were at war. It was necessary.
I get the impression that you're trying to paint America as this horrible country that shouldn't exist, and it isn't like that. There are no good guys. There are no bad guys. History is generally written by the winner, yes... but if you look closely, what you'll find is that everyone is equally capable of hate, death, and destruction.
Everyone thinks what they're doing is the right thing, and that's why you find that Americans have a positive view of their country. The Americans thought they were doing what was best for them when they rebelled against the king. The king was doing what was best for him when he fought back against the rebellion. The Germans thought they were doing what was right by killing off inferior people to create a superior society. The Japanese wanted to expand their empire, as they believed the pacific belonged to them. We were attacked, and we sought vengeance for our deceased brethren in Pearl Harbor. A Spartan is going to cheer, "For Sparta!" and die fighting for Sparta, and an Athenian is going to run into battle screaming, "For Athens!"
Who is right?
Really?It's all cultural. To be truly unbiased and impartial, you have to be truly unbiased and impartial. You can't say any one country or race is somehow more or less evil than another.
I try to be fair. I hate all people equally.
