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    17 hours ago

    Huh. Read up on it and yeah that’s a more accurate description of “who” burned down the white house since it was British generals

    In retaliation for US aggression against the Canadian (then) colony, which I guess is where the misconception comes from

    In my defense my US public school history education was pretty dogshit