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It's kinda wild that if Malcolm X were alive today, he'd be labelled a red fash tankie for critically supporting Lenin, Castro and Mao. (hexbear.net)

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Smh how can a black American support Mao over the Tibebetan slave owners?

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[-] commiecapybara@hexbear.net 51 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, I heard the same thing. We also had a history textbook that declared the 'most oppressive states in the world' were Vietnam and Laos.

EDIT: Later editions of the book added Afghanistan, and then Iraq, to the list of oppressive states.

[-] Fuckass@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago

It’s weird how we never even learned about Laos or Cambodia lol, especially since they could’ve spin Vietnamese communism as being pro Pol Pot and no kid would challenge it

[-] Tomboys_are_Cute@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

wtf-am-i-reading thats rediculous, how could they possibly spin that?

[-] commiecapybara@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago

It was something along the lines of "the evil violent northern commies tried to disrupt the peaceful democratic south by attacking American ships and invading". Also a bunch of pro-colonialist propaganda. It was used in a lot of schools in America. Luna Oi actually reviewed the book, and I had forgotten how bad it was until she did. I can't seem to find the video on her channel, though.

[-] Fuckass@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

That’s funny. Maybe it’s because I don’t live in a red state or tusk town, but I was taught the Americans fired upon a Vietnamese ship and lied about the circumstances when the Vietnamese fired back

[-] commiecapybara@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

I mean, that's the truth of what happened, obviously, but the curriculum was still pushing the narrative that the Vietnamese people were the aggressors. I should note that this was back in 2001-2004 before the sanctions against Vietnam were lifted.

[-] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

I want to say there was a recent-ish (maybe mid-00s) acknoedgement by the U.S. that the original story of the Gulf of Tonkin Incident was a complete fabrication. It basically went:

Original story (that a Vietnamese ship fired on an American one) came out in the 60s and was used as justification for a full U.S. invasion
Over time some suggestions came out that maybe thr story wasn't entirely true, or might have been a misunderstanding, etc.
Small changes get made to the official version of events. The U.S. eventually admits its ship was never fired upon.

Note that if you believed the truth at any point up until the final revelation you would have been called some crazy conspiracy theorist and asked why you hate America.