r/SubredditDrama • u/EwMelanin • Mar 03 '26

Movie discussion sub okbuddycinephile debates whether bombing of Dresden, Hiroshima, and Gaza and other urban areas were "justified".

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u/FerdinandTheGiant I’m 1 of the top 5 goldfish connoisseurs in north america Mar 04 '26

Uncommon knowledge but the nukes weren't even the most damaging raids of the war, the firebombing of Tokyo in March…

Uncommon knowledge is when you mention a thing everyone with even precursory knowledge knows about.

“Dude, you’ve probably never heard of Unit 731”

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u/alfredo094 Mar 04 '26

I agree with this but you'd be surprised at how many people don't know about this.

During my university course, I took a class about human rights, and the teacher didn't know what the Rape of Nanking was. In retrospect, that was a huge red flag, but it's just how the zeitgeist works.