American Mythologies

[MrFun]

Well, the Thanksgiving holiday is approaching here in United States, which has gotten me to thinking lately . . . .


is there no society, no matter how socially and tecnologically advanced, that does not have myths that a substantial number of its population still cling to???


Our Thanksgiving folktale is one such mythology -- Pilgrims and Amerindians embracing one another in pure harmony with a traditional feast in colonial North America.

BLAH


Can anyone think of all the mythologies that is part of the culture of United States??

[Q Classic]

that all southerners are straight from deliverance. that's wrong. it's only alabamans.

[centrifuge]

That all of the people from Fargo talk the way that they did in the movie.

Columbus was the 1st to discover America...and we never hear anything about the depopulation of the West Indies.

Cowboys = good, Indians = evil savages

The 1st Prsident of the US was technically not George Washington... when Maryland ratified the Articles of Confederation in 1781, John Hanson signed the document for Maryland and was then elected "President of the United States in Congress Assembled" Even George Washington acknowledged him as the first president.

A lot of the well known outlaws and heroes of the Wild West were simply products of the media, whose stories were nowhere near as exciting as what was published.

[Space05us]

Cowboys = good, Indians = evil savages

thats the way it will always be

[Zkribbler]

Hard work and virtue will be rewarded. (Sorry, feeling a little cynical this morning)

[Zkribbler]

Television news shows contain news. (see?)

[DinoDoc]

All union presidents aren't corrupt. (Hi Zkribbler.)

[centrifuge]

George Washington's Cherry tree.

[Sprayber]

The art of Compromise

[MrFun]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
All union presidents aren't corrupt. (Hi Zkribbler.)

Union presidents??

The only one I can think of is Abraham Lincoln.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by centrifuge
George Washington's Cherry tree.

And let's not forget the cute, cherished myth of George Washington kneeling down while at Valley Forge, to pray for his army's fortune.

[Sprayber]

Originally posted by MrFun


Union presidents??

The only one I can think of is Abraham Lincoln.

Perhaps he means labor union presidents.

[The Emperor Fabulous]

Landing on the Moon, the Titanic sinking, OJ being guilty...


what crocks of ****

[Immortal Wombat]

Re: American Mythologies

Originally posted by MrFun
Can anyone think of all the mythologies that is part of the culture of United States??

The US isn't old enough to have 'mythologies'. It can have false histories, like the pilgrim thing, or the one about not getting an asskicking in Vietnam. The only mythologies on that continent are slowly dying out as Native American heritage gets diluted into modern 'culture'.

[st_swithin]

Afghanistan had nothing to do with oil - it was about sharing democracy.

McCarthyism was about Paul being dead.

Area 51 was a storage facility, right next to area 52.

Crop circles are created by bovines gone wild.