bull fucking shit

they tried to tell me this in high school. it was on a motivational poster about "the importance of one vote"

what are some other lies involving history you were led to believe in school?

[Edited on January 18, 2008 at 9:42 AM. Reason : better Ø]

1/18/2008 9:37:05 AM

what kind of Downs high school did you go too?

1/18/2008 9:37:53 AM

Downs High School

why?

1/18/2008 9:38:21 AM

i'm confused

1/18/2008 9:41:55 AM

how so? we can try to unconfuse you

1/18/2008 9:43:03 AM

i've never heard this before...when was this supposed vote to have taken place in history?

1/18/2008 9:44:05 AM

http://www.snopes.com/history/govern/onevote.asp

it was one of those mass-produced things Scholastic or whatever would print up for schools. i mean, it was innocent enough and i see the value of trying to instill interest in young minds, but the facts just were not true. in fact, it's deceptive.

1/18/2008 9:48:21 AM

at my school it was that America is not FRENCH-speaking by one vote, not german

1/18/2008 9:48:35 AM

huh, never heard any of those

YOU LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY...even if it's wrong

1/18/2008 9:52:20 AM

afternoon

1/18/2008 3:01:06 PM

If someone tried to tell me this in high school I would have laughed at them.

1/18/2008 3:07:08 PM

yeah they tried to get us to believe some horsedrawn bullshit that Education = success and that everyone is equal.

fuckin commies.

1/18/2008 3:09:22 PM

for me it was America wasn't a monarchy because of George Washington turning down becoming the king.

1/18/2008 3:09:45 PM

^misleading, but not totally untrue...he did refuse a 3rd term.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington's_Farewell_Address

1/18/2008 3:17:35 PM

America has no official language.

1/18/2008 3:20:22 PM

i thought the whole "1 vote" thing was about hitler getting into office.

[Edited on January 18, 2008 at 3:23 PM. Reason : *little hitler*]

1/18/2008 3:23:15 PM

I dunno what kinda crazy shit they tried to shovel on you but...

Quote :

"America has no official language."

1/18/2008 3:42:51 PM

i went to a christian school for awhile & they tried to tell people that evolution was a joke w/ no valid scientific evidence that required more faith to believe than christianity

[Edited on January 18, 2008 at 3:46 PM. Reason : re-worded for clarity]

1/18/2008 3:46:02 PM

I never heard this crap until I took german.

1/18/2008 4:11:28 PM

lol

This dumb greek friend of mine swore to me it was greek that was almost the official language.

i grew up learning the german one

either way, bullshit.


we were almost english by one vote too

1/18/2008 4:51:01 PM

they had another vote this afternoon

they went ahead and made a turkey our national bird

the national motto has also been changed to "where's the beef?"

1/18/2008 5:11:13 PM

i heard you're not allowed to photo document riding bulls in wal-mart because of one vote

1/21/2008 8:09:07 AM

Quote :

"what are some other lies involving history you were led to believe in school"

they told me, (and I believed for a while) that people are created equal


also, they told me that the united states is governed by a constitution

1/21/2008 8:45:00 AM

ah ha

reminds me of

1/21/2008 8:49:53 AM

There were flyers posted around my high school about the LSD-laced Mickey Mouse stickers/rub-on tattoos.

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/drugs/bluestar.asp

1/21/2008 9:06:40 AM

Quote :

"ah ha reminds me of "

I love propagandhi!

1/21/2008 2:36:25 PM

the real question is, who fucking cares? it doesn't matter what the language ended up being.

1/21/2008 2:53:22 PM