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US authorities investigate huge '8647' marking on grounds of National Mall in Washington | Reuters

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[–] 2 points 3 months ago* (4 children)

He's the 44th person to be president, but they're numbered by consecutive terms to avoid confusion in historical records.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (3 children)

    He's the 44th person to be president

    Correct.

    they're numbered by consecutive terms to avoid confusion in historical records

    Except that's not how counting things and words work.

    It would make exactly as much sense to count FDR four times.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Yes, Harry Truman felt the same way, but the people responsible for record keeping decided to do it this way, so we follow their lead.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    the people responsible for record keeping decided to do it this way, so we follow their lead.

    First of all, they're not the ones perpetuating it. The same media that's been successfully whitewashing the West's favorite fascist apartheid state until recent years are.

    Secondly, that's not a good reason. People in charge of things get things and the framing of things wrong all the time.

    Harry Truman felt the same way

    Say what you will about his authorizing of at least two of the worst single day war crimes in human history, but when he's right, he's right 😉

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