fyeahhistorymajorheraldicbeast: This common defense of the atomic bombings of Japan drives me absolutely crazy; some amp the emotional rhetoric up to 11 by rephrasing this as, “Well, dropping the atomic bombs saved my grandfather, who would’ve been part of the invasion force…” aleph-naught.tumblr.com I. Fucking. Know. It’s like you had better be IRL trolling.

fyeahhistorymajorheraldicbeast:

This common defense of the atomic bombings of Japan drives me absolutely crazy; some amp the emotional rhetoric up to 11 by rephrasing this as, “Well, dropping the atomic bombs saved my grandfather, who would’ve been part of the invasion force…”

aleph-naught.tumblr.com

I. Fucking. Know.

It’s like you had better be IRL trolling.

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    I’m working on a paper...weekend about Truman’s decision to drop
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  3. teachmeyourtongues reblogged this from fyeahhistorymajorheraldicbeast and added:
    I. Fucking. Know. It’s like you had better be IRL trolling.
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    people who cheer on...March quake as revenge for pearl harbour and quote
  8. gematriya reblogged this from fyeahhistorymajorheraldicbeast and added:
    the US dropped the bomb because we’re assholes and we wanted to show the USSR why they shouldn’t get in a war with us...
  9. nikiya reblogged this from fyeahhistorymajorheraldicbeast and added:
    omg how do you not flip the fuck out all the time we really shouldn’t be “defending” the atomic bomb, either. gross.
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  11. kagemni reblogged this from fyeahhistorymajorheraldicbeast and added:
    Every Japanese history class I’ve ever had has to have at least an hour debate over the atomic bombs. It’s so ridiculous...
  12. wolfelina reblogged this from fyeahhistorymajorheraldicbeast and added:
    shockingly relevant to tonight’s dinner conversation, holy fuck
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  16. weregoingdownwiley reblogged this from fyeahhistorymajorheraldicbeast and added:
    BUT GUYS IT’S TRUE THOSE DAMN CRAZY JAPANESE WOULD NEVER HAVE SURRENDERED IF WE DIDN’T DROP THE BOMBS AMIRITE?
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  18. hmsharmony reblogged this from fyeahhistorymajorheraldicbeast and added:
    In 10th grade we reenacted the 1948 elections, except we had them take place right after the bombing of Hiroshima (and...
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  20. danceanddestroy reblogged this from fyeahhistorymajorheraldicbeast and added:
    I once saw a documentary on tv, can’t remember where now, but there were old US military men saying something like this...
  21. schadenfraulein reblogged this from i-am-a-child-of-time and added:
    Where did that figure even come from? I know that there isn’t a definite reason why the US dropped the bombs (but there...
  22. whoisjohngalt- reblogged this from fyeahhistorymajorheraldicbeast and added:
    or it was just badass
  23. surlelac reblogged this from fyeahhistorymajorheraldicbeast and added:
    FFS BIGGEST PET PEEVE EVER. AND MY PARENTS KEEP SAYING IT LIKE THAT WILL MAKE IT TRUE
  24. i-am-a-child-of-time reblogged this from fyeahhistorymajorheraldicbeast and added:
    GPOY OH GODDD
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    eoifhjorigjrsdogkfgjlfkjbnladfgjfkbngkjhnbkdfjghrofgldff this drives me CRAZY.
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