• Fiona (she/her)🏳️‍⚧️
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      2 years ago

      Romania’s got the same problem unfortunately.

      “The evil Nazis and evil Soviets subjugated Europe, fortunately Romania was on the wholesome German side :)”

      (Yes, our classes teach “totalitarian regimes,” the good old false equivalence, and WW2 as separate units, in the hopes we don’t ask inconvenient questions like “did we participate in the Holocaust?” (yes))

      And then politicians turn around and go “whoa, cool it with the anti-semitic remarks. Where did that come from?”

      My brother in Christ, you designed the curriculum