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   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2026-02-18 7:53 p.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   > Your Name   wrote:   
   >> On 2026-02-18 22:10:07 +0000, moviePig said:   
   >>> On 2/18/2026 1:55 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >> https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2024059899617976320/vid   
   avc1/576x1024/96uBV9UUO7gvIuPn.mp4   
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   >>>>   
   >>>> 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).   
   >>   
   >> Part of the blame for Americans' "historical inaccuracies" can go to   
   >> Hollyweird. Just look at the World War I and II movies they make where   
   >> 'America saves the day' even when Americans weren't actually in the   
   >> events portrayed (other than perhaps a few voluteers). The Disney   
   >> enforced fallacy of lemmings throwing themselves off cliffs is another   
   >> example.   
   >   
   > I have no idea what Your Name is talking about. While I am not familiar   
   > wth epid WWI movies from the silent era, if any, in the sound era. it   
   > would have been an unusual topic. There's Sergeant York and I'm hard   
   > pressed to think of another. I guess For Whom the Bell Tolls counts.   
   >   
   > Kirk Douglas starred in Paths of Glory (1957), but that was about epic   
   > failure of the French general staff and in no way glorified war nor had   
   > anything to do with Americans.   
   >   
   > Nor can I think of a WWII movie falsely taking credit for a battle   
   > Americans did not participate in.   
      
   "The Great Escape" which has Americans as some of the main characters.   
   In the real event, there were no Americans involved because they had   
   already been moved to another POW camp two weeks earlier.   
      
   "U-571" where Americans capture and decode an Enigma machine - a   
   complete fabrication. The British captured and decoded the first Enigma   
   machine before Americans even officially entered the war.   
      
   In terms of just inaccuracies, there are many films. The biggest   
   inaccuracy is usually the massive amount of ammunition guns (big,   
   small, aircraft, etc.) seem to be able to fire without running out.   
      
   "The Battle of the Bulge" moved the battle from a snow laden and rain   
   drenched  forest to fine weather on a flat plain.   
      
   "Flyboys" used the wrong planes, supposedly claimed so audiences could   
   tell one side from the other, but in reality it was simply the movie's   
   "military advisor" had lied about his service record, so had no clue   
   what he was doing.   
      
   Pretty much all of the war movies starring John Wayne are fiticious nonense.   
      
      
   Of course, it's not just Hollyweird. The entire entrrtainment industry   
   makes up a load of nonense to suit themselves when they want to. That's   
   why most such movies these days specifically say "based on real events"   
   and have a disclaimer to say some parts have been made up for "dramatic   
   effect".   
      
      
      
   > False historical statements about witch trials cannot be blamed on   
   > Hollywood either. Well, there were comedies about witches but no one   
   > took that as history.   
      
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