Seriously, I had to explain to my wife a joke involving comparing the Stonewall Riots and Stonewall Jackson. She confused Stonewall Jackson with Andrew Jackson. And this is a woman who is highly intelligent, and knows her history fairly well (though she concentrates more on mythology and the culture of pre-industrial Europe)
What was that saying Gharlane of Eddore had? "It's not your fault you believe that, you're a victim of the American educational system"?
I like the Civil War that implies. "More In Sorrow Than In Anger" versus "You Rebels Probably Aren't Going To Survive This (And My Heart Bleeds For You)."
As a side-thought before bed (and after far too much editing of material about sentient dinosaurs), it occurs to me that creating an image of a black politician losing to the most famous and widely respected Republican President is likely not an accident caused by poor history skills, but a deliberate political act based on the (likely correct) assumption that most viewers won't know that it's a complete fabrication. it seems far too useful and image to be an accident.
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Date: 2008-05-01 07:40 pm (UTC)-- C. (Victim of a British history education, for what it's worth.)
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Date: 2008-05-01 07:58 pm (UTC)Seriously, I had to explain to my wife a joke involving comparing the Stonewall Riots and Stonewall Jackson. She confused Stonewall Jackson with Andrew Jackson. And this is a woman who is highly intelligent, and knows her history fairly well (though she concentrates more on mythology and the culture of pre-industrial Europe)
What was that saying Gharlane of Eddore had? "It's not your fault you believe that, you're a victim of the American educational system"?
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Date: 2008-05-02 10:32 am (UTC)No fact-checkers, no morgue, nothing.
Date: 2008-05-02 02:39 pm (UTC)Do they do any original reporting at all?