Damn, Pete. I remember reading the original version of this five years ago, and it still serves as a gut punch about any delusion of American sobriety in the face of our national "story." Thank you for sharing it again. At our 250th the timing was apt.
Great piece, great writing. It's astounding what short memories we Americans have, our preference for the myth of goodness - echoed in Superman comics - a balm for those opposing truths you speak of. Holocaust? Bad. Indian genocide? Never heard of it.
Damn, Pete. I remember reading the original version of this five years ago, and it still serves as a gut punch about any delusion of American sobriety in the face of our national "story." Thank you for sharing it again. At our 250th the timing was apt.
Great piece, great writing. It's astounding what short memories we Americans have, our preference for the myth of goodness - echoed in Superman comics - a balm for those opposing truths you speak of. Holocaust? Bad. Indian genocide? Never heard of it.
Nice job, Pete.
Thank you, sir.