alt Hacker News> The US never denied the existence of cultures, languages, etc.
You seriously need to open up just one (1) history book about how the US was founded, to understand how wrong you are on just this point.
> The US never denied the existence of cultures, languages, etc.
You seriously need to open up just one (1) history book about how the US was founded, to understand how wrong you are on just this point.
Right, so what's the scope of time we're talking about here? Are we talking about the world post WW2, or are we going back to the Roman Empire?
Because if you want to "win" arguments by randomly swinging hundreds of years to make a point, then it's pointless, because anyone can pick a point in thousands of years of History to show "look - they were bad here".
I think discussions about modern history are sufficient for the post-WW2 period, as there was a global consensus on international law and the Charter of the UN.
If you hold grievances about events hundreds of years old to make points about current events, then it's pointless.