Comment on May 13, 1985

some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• littlebluespark@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  That’s hardly the only one that US public schooling completely avoids teaching about… Tulsa, OK, OK to TN before that, and Wyoming too… the despicably shameful list goes on

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  • cerement@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    but only the third (?) time that US citizens were subject to aerial bombardment … so, um … there’s that?

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    • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I suggest looking up what the Pinkertons were about as well. The US had a nasty history when it comes to the poor and people of color who get “uppity”.

      They still exist to this day, and do the same business. There more recent thing was being hired by Wizards of the Coast to intimidate someone who received MTG cards before official release date.

      This was a big stink on the R site; there is no reason to maintain that company name except to capitalize on its horrifying reputation.

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      • littlebluespark@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I know very well what the Pinkertons did back then — and are still doing as part of various union-buster merc groups hired by Amazon, Starbucks, etc. (the WotC thing is a blip that happened to ruffle geek feathers, so it bubbled up over there), but the simple fact that the general public doesn’t (want to?) connect the dots between alt-right, cop gangs, and mercs like the Pinkertons is only one reason that this nation will continue to be slavery based, no matter the cosmetic flourish every 4+ years. 🤌🏽

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    • littlebluespark@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Real question: how many since?

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  • FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I don’t think this event is in any way comparably to what happened in Tulsa.

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    • littlebluespark@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I’m sorry, is the crux of your argument to devalue based on the quality of atrocity? 🤢

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      • FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        What the police did to the MOVE compound was wrong, but what the MOVE terrorists were doing wasn’t right either.

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  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    We were taught about the Trail of Tears when I was a kid. Is it no longer taught? Wait, I got transferred to a private school in fifth grade. That might be where it came up.

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• bulwark@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Let the Fire Burn is a really good documentary on this event.

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  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Let the Fire Burn

    Added to my list of stuff to watch. Thanks!

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• ghostface@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The Greensboro massacre 1979

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