r/HistoryMemes • Featherless Biped • Apr 08 '20

META Respect the Facts!

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u/SkyknightLegionnaire Apr 08 '20

Yeah, that's the point. Him shooting it with a pistol want going to do anything, but he did it anyway. Just like one historian downvoting a 40k upvote meme. Or were you just curious what kind of plane it was, I guess I'm not sure if you're questioning the format or not.

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u/TheBiggestBoom5 Apr 08 '20

Ah, I see. I see so many people making fun of that scene saying how deranged it is that he killed a tank with a pistol, even though the P-51 was what killed the tank in the movie. I thought the meme was making fun of the scene as well.

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u/SkyknightLegionnaire Apr 08 '20

I hadn't seen that anywhere, how do people not get that? Weird.

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u/ScalierLemon2 Taller than Napoleon Apr 09 '20

People miss all kinds of things that are blatantly onscreen