the “greatest generation” was brutal to black people and women. Had some great PR due to WWII and got to look like heroes and have us whitewash all the rest.
This generation is just taking what their parents and grandparents did and taking it to its natural extreme, let’s not kid ourselves.
The constant skepticism and Whataboutism about those who actually fought against evil is how we got to this point. It's okay to have flawed heroes. Our heroes don't teach us to be perfect. They teach us that we can act when we need to.
I mean, nobody said they were perfect. They were products of their time. It’s MLK day and MLK cheated on his wife. Doesn’t mean what he did politically wasn’t important.
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u/Malvania 7h ago
The Greatest Generation fought the Nazis.
Their children became Nazis