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Cleita

(75,480 posts) Wed Jan 28, 2015, 01:22 AM Jan 2015

Anybody watching "Sons of Liberty" on [View all]

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The History Channel? They suffered the same shit under the Brits that our underclasses are suffering today under our corporate kings. But what they did was so brave, it's heartbreaking. We have been colonized again, but this time by global corporate interest with front corporations covering their international tracks. Do we need another revolution to rid ourselves of them? We need to start with BP and how ironic that they too are British.

Edited to add: This is a fictionalization and has made up stuff to involve you in events and the times. I don't know if John Hancock actually was thrown out of his house by the new Governor, but things like this did happen.

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Anybody watching "Sons of Liberty" on [View all] Cleita Jan 2015 OP

Take what you see in "Sons of Liberty" with a grain of salt. Agnosticsherbet Jan 2015 #1

the details may suffer... grasswire Jan 2015 #2

It is the History Channel and it is not accurate history. Agnosticsherbet Jan 2015 #8

And they warn viewers of that with a disclaimer: Ykcutnek Jan 2015 #9

Sadly, pepople ignore disclaimers. Agnosticsherbet Jan 2015 #10

I mainly read historical fiction. Historical fiction is highly educational when done well. KittyWampus Jan 2015 #12

Hell, we've taught historical fiction in schools for years. Ykcutnek Jan 2015 #16

They don't teach that old myth anymore, at least in California. Agnosticsherbet Jan 2015 #20

I never learned it in school, but since I was born on February 22, Cleita Jan 2015 #30

I went to school beginning in the late 50's in Oklahoma. Agnosticsherbet Jan 2015 #32

History Channel said it was factionalized. Cleita Jan 2015 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Jan 2015 #3

Well, actually that term was coined for the French Revolution and first used in English about the Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #7

Bluenorthwest- your post right here wins the internet for today. KittyWampus Jan 2015 #13

Johnson was also apropos Recursion Jan 2015 #26

Its pretty much all theaterical license taken by those that give you Historic NY Jan 2015 #4

Instead of the historically inaccurate tv show, read Les Standiford's, FSogol Jan 2015 #5

I watched it and enjoyed it. HappyMe Jan 2015 #6

It is so historically incorrect it is too painful to watch. I can watch Vikings cause KittyWampus Jan 2015 #11

"We have been colonized again." Absolutely. Great post. And yes, we Zorra Jan 2015 #14

We need a revolution but it is just not us. The world needs a revolution to put the corporations jwirr Jan 2015 #22

True. nt Zorra Jan 2015 #33

I hope schools don't use The Fiction Channel for lessons or discussion as if it 's accurate lunasun Jan 2015 #15

I think it could be useful to start a discussion and to point kids in Cleita Jan 2015 #19

That is how I learned to love history. Read a fictionalized book and started looking for facts. You jwirr Jan 2015 #23

Zombies A Living History, wasn't that bad kydo Jan 2015 #17

The American Revolution was the American 1% revolting against the British 1% Recursion Jan 2015 #21

Wasn't John Hancock the richest guy who signed the Declaration of Independence? Cleita Jan 2015 #24

Tough call between him and Washington Recursion Jan 2015 #25

Got a link for that stat? nt Zorra Jan 2015 #31

HBO's John Adams was excellent historical fiction, IMO zazen Jan 2015 #27

Titus and Pullo were mentioned by Julius Caesar in one of his Cleita Jan 2015 #28

thx--yep, knew that, but the rest of their characters were fictionalized zazen Jan 2015 #29

Why not just watch that old Disney movie, "Johnny Tremain"? Paladin Jan 2015 #34