So, Americans sniping at one another is new? Not new. The sainted Founders enjoyed a good snipe and had quite a lot of very public words arguing over this and that. The Times and others went deep complaining about Lincoln's conduct of the Civil War, especially in the early days. The Lost Cause movement which managed to convince mil…
So, Americans sniping at one another is new? Not new. The sainted Founders enjoyed a good snipe and had quite a lot of very public words arguing over this and that. The Times and others went deep complaining about Lincoln's conduct of the Civil War, especially in the early days. The Lost Cause movement which managed to convince millions that slavery was a noble enterprise was at its root sniping at the anti-slavery crowd, who never managed to overcome the propaganda of the Lost Cause. The periods before during and after the 20th century wars were periods of argument and regretful sniping between the parties not in power and those in. So, the Chinese ought learn their history. But, not to worry, we don't know their history either.
So, Americans sniping at one another is new? Not new. The sainted Founders enjoyed a good snipe and had quite a lot of very public words arguing over this and that. The Times and others went deep complaining about Lincoln's conduct of the Civil War, especially in the early days. The Lost Cause movement which managed to convince millions that slavery was a noble enterprise was at its root sniping at the anti-slavery crowd, who never managed to overcome the propaganda of the Lost Cause. The periods before during and after the 20th century wars were periods of argument and regretful sniping between the parties not in power and those in. So, the Chinese ought learn their history. But, not to worry, we don't know their history either.