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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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BTR1701 wrote:

https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2024059899617976320/vid/avc1/576x102 >4/96uBV9UUO7gvIuPn.mp4

AmericarCOs 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.

Hollywood movies are documentaries.
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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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moviePig wrote:

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).

Why'd they leave out the leftist claim that 100,000,000 Trump voters have criminal records. It's not made up. They're all saying it.
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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

AmericarCOs 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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