Its also why the Western genre was forcefully killed off and basically nothing is ever made in the genre, except for "subversions" and "deconstructions" about it ending and talking about how evil the white outlaws were.
Because the Wild West, for whatever true reality it was, was filled to the brim with examples that showed that Indians, and Mexicans, were brutal subhuman savages worse than any White man could ever hope to be. The moment they had the upperhand or could fight back, they would massacre and destroy everything they saw.
The fact that scalping as a concept exists, and is something they regularly did to people alive, disproves any "peaceful" notion of them.
It's comical watching "Dances With Wolves" when the calvary shows up. They are so cartoon over the top evil. They do almost everything bad except rape Costner. They even just shoot at wolves for fun. And they make it seem like McDonell's character was a better person because she was a slave.
Hollywood writers know that they can shape reality by putting a lie in front of people's eyes. Just make a thousand "Based on a true story" atrocity flic that incites feelings and that little lie becomes a big fact.
Its also why the Western genre was forcefully killed off and basically nothing is ever made in the genre, except for "subversions" and "deconstructions" about it ending and talking about how evil the white outlaws were.
Because the Wild West, for whatever true reality it was, was filled to the brim with examples that showed that Indians, and Mexicans, were brutal subhuman savages worse than any White man could ever hope to be. The moment they had the upperhand or could fight back, they would massacre and destroy everything they saw.
The fact that scalping as a concept exists, and is something they regularly did to people alive, disproves any "peaceful" notion of them.
It's comical watching "Dances With Wolves" when the calvary shows up. They are so cartoon over the top evil. They do almost everything bad except rape Costner. They even just shoot at wolves for fun. And they make it seem like McDonell's character was a better person because she was a slave.
Hollywood writers know that they can shape reality by putting a lie in front of people's eyes. Just make a thousand "Based on a true story" atrocity flic that incites feelings and that little lie becomes a big fact.