Reply #70: Elminster takes us to task with history... [View All]

[txaslftist]

heaven forbid his history should dare to challenge the things we just "know". One excellent point he makes is that the evils inflicted under the flag of the United States include American Indian genocide that was much more total and pronounced than that of African American slaves; Japanese Internment; smallpox blankets; wounded knee; if we are going to ban symbols of oppression, shouldn't the stars and stripes be banned?

What about the Union Jack? The golden triangles of slaves, rum and cotton was almost entirely conducted under the flag of British sailing vessels.

Oh, wait. I forgot the cross, under which Spain committed the most horrific genocide campaign known, including the Nazi horror, which was the destruction of almost the entire indigenous population of South America. Let's ban crucifixes.

Damn...forgot about that hammer and sickle, the chinese star, the Turkish crescent and star (lest we forget the Ottoman's genocide); or should we maybe do away with symbols altogether?