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Weird Socks@crk5
The relationship between slavery and cowboys and steam trains is important and dark but this here is just an obnoxious ignorance of what happened when.
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Hiisikoloart@aprilfollies @ohmu @crk5
The bit is funny because it is dark humor based on real events. It is also poking fun at the irony of the blindness people have about US history who belived in the "Land of the Free" slogan (and those who still believe).
The bit is funny because it is dark humor based on real events. It is also poking fun at the irony of the blindness people have about US history who belived in the "Land of the Free" slogan (and those who still believe).
@hiisikoloart @aprilfollies @crk5
Thank you.
Another person explained this is a character who is funny because (among other things) she presents history and thinks she knows it but doesn't.
It *IS* darkly funny injuxtaposition. Or I could see ways it might be.
After all, many cowboys were former slaves. That isn't in many Western stories or at least not the famous ones.
Thank you.
Another person explained this is a character who is funny because (among other things) she presents history and thinks she knows it but doesn't.
It *IS* darkly funny injuxtaposition. Or I could see ways it might be.
After all, many cowboys were former slaves. That isn't in many Western stories or at least not the famous ones.
@ohmu @aprilfollies @crk5
My knowledge of US history is not the best, but even I (Finnish-Karelian person) know the main "hits" what comes to slavery, and even bit about the cowboys.
(Like many of them came from Mexico and the whole "white cowboys only" thing was propaganda, and that many were slaves, or people who didn't want people to ask too many questions about their former, or current lives.)
Dark humor, for some, is a hard art to spot and understand. (:
@hiisikoloart @aprilfollies
There is a fair chance that what you mentioned here about the US western settlememt period is more than most US high schools teach. Plenty of dark humor to be found there...
And you've given me reason to look up what Karelian means.
Pleased to meet you!
There is a fair chance that what you mentioned here about the US western settlememt period is more than most US high schools teach. Plenty of dark humor to be found there...
And you've given me reason to look up what Karelian means.
Pleased to meet you!
@ohmu @aprilfollies
I learned some of it in school and other things from listening to essays in Youtube from students of history, with special interest to queer history. (:
Karelian history is a depressing but fun subject if you have the will to dwelve into it.
Have a lovely day!