I am autistic as well, please don’t use our diagnosis thrown around like this, it furthers the stigma against us. Additionally, we can’t use autism as a crutch or excuse. It’s not okay.

Thank you for taking the time to read.

Exactly. The decision wasn’t just militarily unnecessary—it was strategically theatrical. They deliberately targeted high-civilian zones to make a global statement, not to win a war that was already collapsing. The Soviet entry into the Pacific front was the death blow. The bombs were about power projection, not peace. I appreciate your insight, my friend—it’s wild how normalized this atrocity is in mainstream U.S. education.

I agree The Cold War & Its Origins is a great book! I admire Fleming’s diplomatic analysis. Just to clarify though, this isn’t a book—it’s a standalone piece. If the style or approach doesn’t resonate, that’s completely fine. Not everything is for everyone. But circling back repeatedly to compare or critique something you weren’t the audience for feels less like scholarship and more like ego.

Still, thanks for the interaction—and I want my work to foster cognitive dissonance.

That said, I would genuinely love to see your work whenever you complete it. Not to critique or tear it apart the way you approached mine, but because I truly enjoy reading, learning, and discussing this topic.

Thank you, I really appreciate the heads-up.

Thank you for fixing the link you cited. I’ve seen that photo many times—it’s widely circulated. But it’s not the same as the footage. The photo doesn’t capture the actual interaction or the chair movement. That’s why I cited the video, not just a still image. It’s a different kind of evidence—and it speaks for itself.

That’s super helpful—thank you! I just added the timestamp link so it goes straight to the moment. And good call on backing it up, I’ll archive the footage on web.archive and ghostarchive just in case. Appreciate you looking out for long-term integrity. This post means a lot to me.

No file by this name exists.

I appreciate your opinion and I encourage everyone to watch and have their own perceptions!

Harry S. Truman Presidential Library. Berlin Airlift Lesson Plan.

https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/education/lesson-plans/berlin-airlift

Cold War International History Project

https://www.wilsoncenter.org/program/cold-war-international-history-project

Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

https://www.atomicarchive.com/history/atomic-bombing/index.html

Thank you for bringing it to my attention! I will also be updating my sources. I will look at the others you listed now!

https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/online-collections/decision-to-drop-atomic-bomb

On no, which ones aren’t working? Citing my sources and the integrity of my work is very important to me. You can find a video of it here: https://youtu.be/gSD0IfSfrW4

Footage at 16:50

Do you think Truman’s decision to nuke Japan was justified? Why or why not? Curious to know how others see this.

Do you think Truman’s decision to nuke Japan was justified? Why or why not? Curious to know how others see this.

Do you think Truman’s decision to nuke Japan was justified? Why or why not? Curious to know how others see this.

Would love to know what y’all think—

What stuck out? What did I miss? What gets remembered wrong?

Wow, thank you so much for this comment—it means more than I can say. You’re doing vital work. I’ve felt for so long that anarchist, trauma-informed, and neurodivergent-centered models are the future of education, but no one wants to fund or study them because they threaten the system’s power.

You’re not just researching—you’re planting seeds. I’m sending you so much strength as you finish your thesis. And thank you for the reminder about Freire and Foucault—I deeply connect with their work, and it’s an honor that my manifesto resonated with those ideas.

If you ever want to collaborate or build something bigger from this conversation, I’m here. Let’s keep shaking the ground.

I wrote this piece to challenge the idea that Prohibition was ever about virtue.

If you’ve ever felt like history was sanitized or weaponized, this is for you.

Appreciate any feedback or thoughts—especially from folks who care about systems, history, or propaganda.

Thanks for reading.

Just want to say—thank you to everyone who showed up in this thread. Whether you agreed, challenged, clarified, or added something new: this is exactly what I hoped would happen.

I’ve been upvoting every comment (even the ones I don’t agree with) because engagement is the point.

We don’t have to all think the same—but if we can hold space for conversation like this, without falling into chaos or ego, then we’re already breaking the script they wrote for us.

So yeah—thank you for thinking out loud with me. Keep questioning. Keep resisting. And keep talking to each other. This is what remembering looks like.