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Stephanie
Curry
on
Colonial
History,
American
Exceptionalism,
and
the
Art
of
the
Rescue
Mission

Diary
of
Stephanie
Curry,

Bohiney
Magazine
|
Historically
grounded
absurdity
via

The
London
Prat

Monday:
The
Long
Arc
of
American
Self-Confidence

In
1776,
a
group
of
colonists,
angry
about
taxation
without
representation,
threw
a
large
quantity
of
tea
into
Boston
Harbour.
This
was,
at
the
time,
considered
a
significant
act
of
political
clarity.
The
British,
who
had
excellent
tea
and
worse
listening
skills,
were
surprised.
This
established
a
pattern
that

continues
to
the
present
day.

The
Rescue
Mission
in
Historical
Context

America
has
been
rescuing
things
since
approximately
1917.
France.
Europe.
The
Free
World.
Democracy.

The
Great
American
Rescue
Mission,
Bohiney
reports,
continues.
The
rescuees
vary.
The
self-confidence
does
not.

The
British
response
to
American
foreign
policy
in
1776
was:
“surely
they
cannot
be
serious.”
The
British
response
to
American
foreign
policy
in
2026,
per

The
London
Prat’s
NATO
piece,
is
also:
“surely
they
cannot
be
serious.”
Two
hundred
and
fifty
years
of
consistent
analytical
output.
We
may
not
be
dynamic
but
we
are
consistent.

The
History
Channel’s
Revolutionary
War
coverage
notes
that
the
colonists
believed
in
the
self-evident
nature
of
their
truths.
This
belief
has
been
maintained.
The
truths
have
been
updated
periodically
to
reflect
current
interests.
This
is
constitutionally
flexible
and
historically
impressive.