Re:Vietnam War images from the North Vietnamese side
by dionidium on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @11:25AM
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Sure, but that's true of all people in any country at any point in history. When we say something like, "they cannot even face that," we're either talking about the portion of the population that pays attention to and discusses national issues or we're not talking about anybody at all, pretty much by definition.
Re:Vietnam War images from the North Vietnamese side
by pmoriarty on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @11:50AM
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Still, you can't call something done only by a small minority of the population a national pastime.
Watching sports is a national American pastime. So is drinking beer.
Wrestling with the past is not.
Most Americans don't care about politics, don't care about history, and certainly don't engage in any past wrestling.
It's a relatively small, well educated elite who has that interest. The rest of the population would rather watch cat videos.