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   moviePig to All   
   Re: America's Historical Illiteracy   
   18 Feb 26 17:10:07   
   
   From: nobody@nowhere.com   
      
   On 2/18/2026 1:55 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   >   
   > https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2024059899617976320/vid/   
   vc1/576x1024/96uBV9UUO7gvIuPn.mp4   
   >   
   > America’s historical literacy is dismal.   
   >   
   > CLAIM: "Millions of women were sexually assaulted and genocided at the Salem   
   > Witch Trials"-- when the colonial population was only ~210,000.   
   >   
   > FACT: Only 19 people were executed during the Witch Trials (including 5 men).   
   > Not gender-based. No sexual assault.   
   >   
   > The 'progressive' neon-haired nose-ring crowd will not only believe anything,   
   > they'll get violent in response to their fantasies.   
      
   I'd think you'd be hard pressed to find a self-avowed 'progressive'   
   who'd support anything in this video (...except the background music).   
      
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