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Paladin

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22. I saw the 1960 John Wayne "Alamo" movie.

Reply to IrishBubbaLiberal (Original post)

Sun Mar 23, 2025, 10:19 AM

Mar 23

Me and all my fellow elementary school students, along with all the kids in the entire fucking school district. Free tickets and transportation to the theaters, for thousands of us. Any of you old-timers remember seeing it under similar circumstances?

Third-rate, piece-of-shit propaganda flick, spread by the Texas education system. If you ever wonder how Texas became such a far-right state, keep this in mind.

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'FORGET THE ALAMO' UNRAVELS A TEXAS HISTORY MADE OF MYTHS, OR RATHER, LIES [View all] IrishBubbaLiberal Mar 22 OP

Excellent review of a pernicious myth long overlooked al bupp Mar 22 #1

My spouse's family of New Spain, was in what became Tejas, in 1718 IrishBubbaLiberal Mar 22 #2

More details..... IrishBubbaLiberal Mar 22 #3

Muy interesante al bupp Mar 22 #5

Old story but still fun to read. Grins Mar 22 #4

Forget the Alamo! Remember the Republic of the Rio Grande! Xipe Totec Mar 22 #6

One of my favorite movies Mblaze Mar 22 #7

My favorite closing line of any movie, ever. Paladin Mar 22 #11

Here a write up on that movie IrishBubbaLiberal Mar 22 #20

Sayles's movies always have real human beings. Mblaze Mar 22 #21

Well said. I have a friend who is into the "Moorish American" thing bhikkhu Mar 22 #8

Folks, this is an easy one. We were stealing their land. ashredux Mar 22 #9

One other item you forget gay texan Mar 22 #18

Thank you for the reminder of this very important book. I read it niyad Mar 22 #10

Excellent book! Abbott hates it... lol Shipwack Mar 22 #12

Best book ever written about The Alamo is a novel. Paladin Mar 22 #13

In Ulysses S. Grant's Autobiography Zorro Mar 22 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Shipwack Mar 22 #15

Thanks for posting this. It wasn't until a few years ago that I learned that the "Mexican War" raccoon Mar 22 #16

I was born in Travis County (Austin) momta Mar 22 #17

I'm not shocked by this. Texasgal Mar 22 #19

I saw the 1960 John Wayne "Alamo" movie. Paladin Mar 23 #22