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View submission: Generational Montanans
Omg. This. It’s like people don’t realize Butte popularized unions in the us.
I think the generational call out is a bit of a short cut to saying you know your history and have a deep understanding of a place through time.
Comment by WorldDirt at 02/02/2025 at 11:44 UTC
7 upvotes, 1 direct replies
If only that were the case. Generational Montana’s don’t know their history much better than anyone else. Butte is just the place with the dirty hole in it. They don’t understand how it shaped state politics. How the excesses of the Anaconda Company got us the constitutional convention in the 70s. Generational Montanans perhaps have an understanding of their particular family history, but one that’s been twisted to make them the hero.
Comment by bucketofnope42 at 02/02/2025 at 05:52 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I wish i could somehow upvote this harder. If the names Frank Little and Jeanette Rankin and Mike Mansfield mean nothing to you, and you can't even name one indigenous tribe, please don't go around telling me or anyone else what it means to be a Montanan.