Comment by niemandhier

Comment by niemandhier 21 hours ago

8 replies

Maybe the long peace within the US changed things, but in most countries and especially in Europe discussing history in a room with more than 2 nationalities is a good recipe to sow dissent.

sevensor 21 hours ago

Good point. I live in the US and I wouldn’t start with the American civil war. Talk about other people’s history. I’ll trade you the American Civil War for the Franco Prussian War.

  • Spooky23 20 hours ago

    The American Civil War is a great place to start. You can very quickly assess where somebody’s head is at and move on quickly.

    • s1artibartfast 18 hours ago

      That depends on what your purpose is having a conversation is in the first place

      • pixl97 17 hours ago

        I mean it is a good filter to understand someone with. When I moved from the midwest to the south as a teenager and learned there are still plenty of people that were unhappy the south lost the civil war and want to remedy that you begin to understand there are some people that are deeply entrenched in their views and you have to make a judgement on how much time you're going to spend dealing with that.