• America's Historical Illiteracy

    From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Wed Feb 18 18:55:52 2026

    https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2024059899617976320/vid/avc1/576x1024/96uBV9UUO7gvIuPn.mp4

    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.



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  • From Rhino@3:633/10 to All on Wed Feb 18 16:30:17 2026
    On 2026-02-18 1:55 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:

    https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2024059899617976320/vid/avc1/576x1024/96uBV9UUO7gvIuPn.mp4

    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 don't suppose it will make you feel any better but I'll bet
    substantial numbers of the graduates of our Canadian "schools" and "universities" have similar beliefs, even the ones without all the metal imbedded in their faces. Actually, I'd be shocked if many Western
    countries don't have similar rates of historical illiteracy. It would be
    fun to make graduates throughout the West watch that video and then ask
    them to indicate true or false just to get some stats on how many people
    have been brainwashed. Of course it's not just history from centuries
    past: I'm sure many MANY young people will recite the "fact" that
    millions of people have been "genocided" in Gaza and that Israel
    practices "apartheid" and those are things happening NOW which are
    easily disproved.

    And then there's the grammatical illiteracy. When did "genocide" become
    a verb?

    Mind you, that may be an artifact of the rules of platforms like YouTube
    where you can't say "killed" so you have to say "unalived" to get the
    point across. I am NOT amused by that weird form of censorship, nor am I amused when someone does a comment video about something and virtually
    every word is bleeped out and sometimes the video is hopelessly blurred
    so that you can't even make out what they are upset about.

    How has society morphed into this thing where absolutely everything
    Western seems to be treated as the most hateful, oppressive thing ever
    and calls for murder of our own people are routine yet free speech is increasingly suppressed to the point that our delicate snowflakes can't
    abide a video that shows someone saying "shit" or "fuck" or a person who
    has been killed in some act of war or terrorism. There seems to be a
    massive streak of Puritanism running through these revolutionaries....

    --
    Rhino

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  • From moviePig@3:633/10 to All on Wed Feb 18 17:10:07 2026
    On 2/18/2026 1:55 PM, BTR1701 wrote:

    https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2024059899617976320/vid/avc1/576x1024/96uBV9UUO7gvIuPn.mp4

    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).



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  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Thu Feb 19 12:54:23 2026
    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


    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.


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  • From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/10 to All on Thu Feb 19 00:53:00 2026
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> 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


    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.

    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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  • From Rhino@3:633/10 to All on Wed Feb 18 21:21:50 2026
    On 2026-02-18 7:53 p.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> 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


    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.

    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.

    Are you trying to say that Bewitched *wasn't* historically accurate?
    Gasp!


    --
    Rhino

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  • From anim8rfsk@3:633/10 to All on Wed Feb 18 21:35:22 2026
    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

    https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2024059899617976320/vid/avc1/576x1024/96uBV9UUO7gvIuPn.mp4

    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.

    And obviously not genocide. Is that even a verb?



    The 'progressive' neon-haired nose-ring crowd will not only believe anything, they'll get violent in response to their fantasies.






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  • From anim8rfsk@3:633/10 to All on Wed Feb 18 21:35:24 2026
    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
    On 2026-02-18 7:53 p.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> 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


    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.

    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.

    Are you trying to say that Bewitched *wasn't* historically accurate?
    Gasp!



    The TV show or the movie where she was a psychotic killer?

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  • From suzeeq@3:633/10 to All on Wed Feb 18 22:12:57 2026
    On 2/18/2026 10:55 AM, BTR1701 wrote:

    https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2024059899617976320/vid/avc1/576x1024/96uBV9UUO7gvIuPn.mp4

    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.


    They're conflating Salem with the rest of the world. Overall, the number
    of people tried as well as those put to death for witchcraft was less
    than a million though. That's over 300 years or so.

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  • From Ian J. Ball@3:633/10 to All on Wed Feb 18 22:17:36 2026
    On 2/18/26 8:35 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
    On 2026-02-18 7:53 p.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> 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


    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.

    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.

    Are you trying to say that Bewitched *wasn't* historically accurate?
    Gasp!

    The TV show or the movie where she was a psychotic killer?

    Actually they should take that concept and run with it and make a true
    horror movie (or TV series) based on that premise.

    I'd watch it.


    Ian (Especially if they got Madelaine Petsch to star!! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueepqA3jIdc)



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  • From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/10 to All on Thu Feb 19 06:27:45 2026
    suzeeq <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:
    On 2/18/2026 10:55 AM, BTR1701 wrote:

    https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2024059899617976320/vid/avc1/576x1024/96uBV9UUO7gvIuPn.mp4

    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.

    They're conflating Salem with the rest of the world. Overall, the number
    of people tried as well as those put to death for witchcraft was less
    than a million though. That's over 300 years or so.

    Then that's serial killing. They are still making shit up about history.

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  • From Ubiquitous@3:633/10 to All on Thu Feb 19 04:30:42 2026
    anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

    https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2024059899617976320/vid/avc1/576x1024/96uBV9UUO7gvIuPn.mp4

    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.

    And obviously not genocide. Is that even a verb?

    In English, you can verb nouns, but you shouldn't.

    --
    Democrats and the liberal media hate President Trump more than they
    love this country.


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  • From Ubiquitous@3:633/10 to All on Thu Feb 19 04:30:43 2026
    In article <10n69l9$e6hg$1@solani.org>, suzeeq@imbris.com wrote:
    On 2/18/2026 10:55 AM, BTR1701 wrote:

    https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2024059899617976320/vid/avc1/576x1024/96uBV9UUO7gvIuPn.mp4

    Americas 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.

    They're conflating Salem with the rest of the world.

    No, they're just morons.

    --
    Democrats and the liberal media hate President Trump more than they
    love this country.


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  • From Dimensional Traveler@3:633/10 to All on Thu Feb 19 07:17:26 2026
    On 2/18/2026 8:35 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

    https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2024059899617976320/vid/avc1/576x1024/96uBV9UUO7gvIuPn.mp4

    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.

    And obviously not genocide. Is that even a verb?

    No.

    --
    I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
    dirty old man.

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  • From anim8rfsk@3:633/10 to All on Thu Feb 19 10:05:45 2026
    Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
    On 2/18/26 8:35 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
    On 2026-02-18 7:53 p.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> 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


    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.

    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.

    Are you trying to say that Bewitched *wasn't* historically accurate?
    Gasp!

    The TV show or the movie where she was a psychotic killer?

    Actually they should take that concept and run with it and make a true horror movie (or TV series) based on that premise.

    I'd watch it.


    Ian (Especially if they got Madelaine Petsch to star!! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueepqA3jIdc)


    In the Will Ferret role?


    --
    The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.

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  • From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/10 to All on Thu Feb 19 19:07:32 2026
    Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
    2/18/2026 8:35 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

    https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2024059899617976320/vid/avc1/576x1024/96uBV9UUO7gvIuPn.mp4

    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.

    And obviously not genocide. Is that even a verb?

    No.

    You didn't say the line!

    The language has been literally decimated.

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  • From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Thu Feb 19 20:11:25 2026
    On Feb 18, 2026 at 3:54:23 PM PST, "Your Name" <YourName@YourISP.com> 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



    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).

    What was wrong with SAVING PRIVATE RYAN? Are you suggesting there were no Americans there on D-Day?



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  • From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Thu Feb 19 20:12:24 2026
    On Feb 18, 2026 at 10:17:36 PM PST, ""Ian J. Ball"" <ijball@mac.invalid>
    wrote:

    On 2/18/26 8:35 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
    On 2026-02-18 7:53 p.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> 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


    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.

    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.

    Are you trying to say that Bewitched *wasn't* historically accurate?
    Gasp!

    The TV show or the movie where she was a psychotic killer?

    Actually they should take that concept and run with it and make a true horror movie (or TV series) based on that premise.

    I'd watch it.

    Ian (Especially if they got Madelaine Petsch to star!! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueepqA3jIdc)

    Despite having no idea who Madelaine Petsch is or why she would make a good Samantha, I endorse Ian's idea.



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  • From Ian J. Ball@3:633/10 to All on Thu Feb 19 13:26:37 2026
    On 2/19/26 9:05 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:

    Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
    On 2/18/26 8:35 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
    Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
    On 2026-02-18 7:53 p.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> 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


    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.

    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.

    Are you trying to say that Bewitched *wasn't* historically accurate?
    Gasp!

    The TV show or the movie where she was a psychotic killer?

    Actually they should take that concept and run with it and make a true
    horror movie (or TV series) based on that premise.

    I'd watch it.


    Ian (Especially if they got Madelaine Petsch to star!! -
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueepqA3jIdc)

    In the Will Ferret role?

    I am ignoring you for your special hatred of hott gingers. :p




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  • From moviePig@3:633/10 to All on Thu Feb 19 16:45:15 2026
    On 2/18/2026 6:54 PM, 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

    Americaƒ??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.

    Lies enshrined by popular media ain't exactly new. (I always figured
    the leaping lemmings were actually pushed, like at a Walmart sale.)



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  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Fri Feb 20 11:18:24 2026
    On 2026-02-19 21:45:15 +0000, moviePig said:
    On 2/18/2026 6:54 PM, 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

    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.

    Lies enshrined by popular media ain't exactly new. (I always figured
    the leaping lemmings were actually pushed, like at a Walmart sale.)

    The Disney film crew chased the lemmings off the cliff to get some
    "exciting footage" in their "documentary". :-\

    There is another silly myth about lemmings: that they "explode" when
    highly stressed. The only place leemings explode is the animated
    characters in the various "Lemmings" computer games. :-)



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  • From moviePig@3:633/10 to All on Thu Feb 19 17:38:26 2026
    On 2/19/2026 5:18 PM, Your Name wrote:
    On 2026-02-19 21:45:15 +0000, moviePig said:
    On 2/18/2026 6:54 PM, 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

    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.

    Lies enshrined by popular media ain't exactly new.˙ (I always figured
    the leaping lemmings were actually pushed, like at a Walmart sale.)

    The Disney film crew chased the lemmings off the cliff to get some
    "exciting footage" in their "documentary".˙ :-\

    There is another silly myth about lemmings: that they "explode" when
    highly stressed. The only place leemings explode is the animated
    characters in the various "Lemmings" computer games.˙ :-)

    I don't think I could watch that "exciting footage" today...





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  • From Dimensional Traveler@3:633/10 to All on Thu Feb 19 17:23:56 2026
    On 2/19/2026 11:07 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
    2/18/2026 8:35 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

    https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2024059899617976320/vid/avc1/576x1024/96uBV9UUO7gvIuPn.mp4

    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.

    And obviously not genocide. Is that even a verb?

    No.

    You didn't say the line!

    What line?

    The language has been literally decimated.

    The movie 'Idiocracy'.

    --
    I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
    dirty old man.

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  • From The Horny Goat@3:633/10 to All on Mon Feb 23 22:56:35 2026
    On Thu, 19 Feb 2026 20:11:25 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
    wrote:

    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).

    What was wrong with SAVING PRIVATE RYAN? Are you suggesting there were no >Americans there on D-Day?

    No - but there weren't many Americans in Casablanca (which is a far
    greater movie than Saving Private Ryan that used American Sherman
    tanks to pose as German Panzers...

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  • From Hatt@3:633/10 to All on Wed Feb 25 01:32:49 2026
    BTR1701 wrote:


    CLAIM: "Millions of women were sexually assaulted and genocided at the Salem >Witch Trials"-- when the colonial population was only ~210,000.


    Then there's the well known notorious claim they repeat saying that Trump's ancestors did all the raping. It's in all the newspapers and on TV but we know they're lying.


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  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Wed Feb 25 16:54:19 2026
    On 2026-02-18 7:53 p.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> 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



    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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