SwissArmyKazoo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 17 天前What's one giant LIE that's frequently taught in schools as a lesson?message-squaremessage-square225linkfedilinkarrow-up1173arrow-down18
arrow-up1165arrow-down1message-squareWhat's one giant LIE that's frequently taught in schools as a lesson?SwissArmyKazoo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 17 天前message-square225linkfedilink
minus-squaremyrmidex@belgae.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up134·17 天前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.
minus-squaremanxu@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·17 天前It wasn’t even “the Belgians.” It was the king that owned the place, if I remember right.
minus-squaremyrmidex@belgae.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11·17 天前Absolutely correct. Curriculum probably couldn’t get into those matters of transition in fear of exposing the rotten stories surrounding it.
minus-squaremanxu@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·17 天前No wonder the King Leopold statues are under attack in Belgium like Confederate generals in the USA.
minus-squaremyrmidex@belgae.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·17 天前They kept silent about his palaces of course 🙃
minus-squarevorpuni@tarte.nuage-libre.frlinkfedilinkFrançaisarrow-up2·16 天前I was explicitly told the reports of chopped hands were greatly exaggerated. Disgusting.
minus-squaremyrmidex@belgae.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 天前Looking 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.