SwissArmyKazoo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 days agoWhat's one giant LIE that's frequently taught in schools as a lesson?message-squaremessage-square225linkfedilinkarrow-up1172
arrow-up1172message-squareWhat's one giant LIE that's frequently taught in schools as a lesson?SwissArmyKazoo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 days agomessage-square225linkfedilink
minus-squaremyrmidexAlinkfedilinkarrow-up134·9 days ago30 years ago, it was still taught that we Belgians went to the Congo out of benevolence, to help lift up the people there. Not one mention of rubber quota or chopped off hands. Fuck that indoctrination.
minus-squaremanxu@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·8 days agoIt wasn’t even “the Belgians.” It was the king that owned the place, if I remember right.
minus-squaremyrmidexAlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-28 days agoAbsolutely correct. Curriculum probably couldn’t get into those matters of transition in fear of exposing the rotten stories surrounding it.
minus-squaremanxu@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·8 days agoNo wonder the King Leopold statues are under attack in Belgium like Confederate generals in the USA.
minus-squarevorpuni@tarte.nuage-libre.frlinkfedilinkFrançaisarrow-up2·8 days agoI was explicitly told the reports of chopped hands were greatly exaggerated. Disgusting.
minus-squaremyrmidexAlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoLooking back it’s amazing how ignorant school kept us.
30 years ago, it was still taught that we Belgians went to the Congo out of benevolence, to help lift up the people there. Not one mention of rubber quota or chopped off hands. Fuck that indoctrination.
It wasn’t even “the Belgians.” It was the king that owned the place, if I remember right.
Absolutely correct. Curriculum probably couldn’t get into those matters of transition in fear of exposing the rotten stories surrounding it.
No wonder the King Leopold statues are under attack in Belgium like Confederate generals in the USA.
They kept silent about his palaces of course 🙃
I was explicitly told the reports of chopped hands were greatly exaggerated.
Disgusting.
Looking back it’s amazing how ignorant school kept us.