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 (DIR) Post #B5tyKLRhf3BGeZiz32 by courtcan@mastodon.social
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       I just finished talking to a man I don't know.He's a Goodwill volunteer.He thinks the Iran war is justified because "if they get nuclear weapons, they're just crazy enough to fire one."I said, "Well, our nation is the only one that's been crazy enough to do that so far."He looked at me blankly.Further conversation revealed that this man, who is in his late 40s or early 50s, did not know about Hiroshima and Nagasaki.I was too floored to do more than suggest researching the history.1
       
 (DIR) Post #B5tyKOdVnbPQY4GxN2 by courtcan@mastodon.social
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       Up to a point, a person's ignorance is not their fault. We all (with some glaring exceptions) know that there are things we don't know. When it comes to things we do know, sometimes we don't realize there's a gap in our knowledge. We can't know what we don't know.But in this, the Year of Our AOC 2026, when the global conversation concerns a specific topic and plenty of information lies literally at our fingertips, there's not much excuse for *not* having done the assignment.2/
       
 (DIR) Post #B5tyKQBa2QFrM1Dg6y by courtcan@mastodon.social
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       I truly cannot comprehend how any US-American GenXer or older Millennial (or any US citizen currently over the age of...15? 18 at the most?) can be wholly unfamiliar with the names Hiroshima and Nagasaki.I had to tell him they were in Japan."But they're our allies."I shook my head. "They weren't in WWII."Our species has got to get curious and dig deeper. This futzing about on the meager surface  is juvenile.Furthermore, GER YOUR EDUCATION THE FUCK TOGETHER, OKLAHOMA. 😡😡😡3/5
       
 (DIR) Post #B5tyKSHKG22TqPvILQ by courtcan@mastodon.social
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       This is a perfect example of what happens when your leaders are concerned with putting a Bible in every classroom and stripping school library shelves of books about penguins with two daddies -- instead of being concerned with actually *EDUCATING*.Last I checked, Oklahoma is still dead last in quality of education nation-wide. And our leaders, despite their words to the contrary, like it that way.Ignorant people are damned easy to hook by the nose and lead to the slaughter.4/5
       
 (DIR) Post #B5tyKTVBhyindhPsae by courtcan@mastodon.social
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       GET IT TOGETHER, HUMANS. Especially, at this moment, humans of the Oklahoman variety!5/5#ignorance#education#history#WWII#PearlHarbor#Hiroshima#Nagasaki#OklahomaEducation#EDUCATE#RESIST