After a coversation with @StefGotBooted, a poll. Oliver Cromwell - good or bad?
English people:
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Wait... people think Cromwell was good because what? He was a republican?
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Mostly because we don't teach them what happened to Ireland. If that were better known or understood its likely the opinions would change sharpish.
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Christ. Naively I assumed that was just understood.
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Replacing a king with something else that's basically the same
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Reminds me of this gem from the Ladybird book about Cromwell.pic.twitter.com/IbAwNHbhKw
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Yeah, we were talking about this in a side thread. Incredible.
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English schooling kind of gives a neutral view, so my eyes were opened when the first Irish person I ever heard talk about him did it with such a living hatred it was as if he’d broken into her house the night before and took a dump on the rug
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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It’s an indictment of the English education system tbh- I learnt History to degree level and this was barely touched on- only since I’ve learnt the full horror As you can see from the culture wars now there are a lot of vested interests in keeping this sort of thing secret
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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Whenever my Nan & Grandad referred to him it was “that bastard Cromwell”. If the name was missed off then I always assumed that’s who they were talking about first.
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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