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I forgot to remember to forget (thelemmy.club)

submitted 4 weeks ago by Grumpus_Maximus to c/historymemes@piefed.social

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[-] RaoulDuke85@piefed.social 36 points 4 weeks ago

Growing up in Texas, crazy when you actually learn the history of the Alamo and realized they weren't heroes.

[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 4 weeks ago

You mean a bunch of Americans that immigrate to Mexico, refuse to follow Mexican law, and then get pissy that Mexico wants them to follow the law aren't heroes?

[-] chaogomu@lemmy.world 14 points 4 weeks ago

You left.out the fact that the main Mexican law they disagreed with was the one banning slavery.

Jim Bowie, who died shitting himself in bed, was a straight up slave trader.

[-] voxthefox@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Both sides were assholes really. Mexico originally allowed Americans to immigrate to the Texas region because Mexico Government wanted them to cull/exterminate the native American population and act as a buffer state to the US, which the American immigrants were highly effective at doing.

Then the Texans got pissed that Mexico wouldn't let them own slaves after they helped clear the lands. There were no heroes in this part of history or many other parts, a bulk of human history and modern day are just groups of people acting selfishly with disregard for other human life.