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White, February 7 2004

Text Source

White, Chris. "Inside Job?" (Letter to the editor in Public Forum). Lawrence Journal-World (Lawrence, KS: Lawrence Journal-World; http://www.ljworld.com. February 7 2004): http://www.ljworld.com/section/archive/story/160480.

Message Unit 1 - an example of patriotized history

core myths:

freedom-pushing myth

unpatriotized history:

  • 1. It was the actions of the US that made Iran so undemocratic.
  • 2. It was the actions of the US that helped to make Iraq so undemocratic.
  • 3. During the Castro era, Cuba's human rights record has been much better than those of the US client states of Latin America and elsewhere.

See list.

message (of patriotized history):

  • 1. It was not the actions of the US that made Iran so undemocratic.
  • 2. It was not the actions of the US that helped to make Iraq so undemocratic.
  • 3. During the Castro era, Cuba's human rights record has been unusually bad compared to other countries.

patriotic change (of history):

technique:

text:

Often people tell me to go live in Cuba, Iran, Iraq or North Korea whenever I criticize my government. Well, when it comes down to it, we do have a better life here than in those countries, but, ultimately, how can we claim that our government is more democratic, when the head of our government decides who will investigate his possible crimes?

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