the people responsible for record keeping decided to do it this way, so we follow their lead.
First of all, they’re not the ones perpetuating it. The same media that’s been successfully whitewashing the West’s favorite fascist apartheid state until recent years are.
Secondly, that’s not a good reason. People in charge of things get things and the framing of things wrong all the time.
Harry Truman felt the same way
Say what you will about his authorizing of at least two of the worst single day war crimes in human history, but when he’s right, he’s right 😉
Except he’s actually the 44th since neither he nor Grover Cleveland were two separate presidents no matter how nonconsecutive they were about it.
He’s the 44th person to be president, but they’re numbered by consecutive terms to avoid confusion in historical records.
Correct.
Except that’s not how counting things and words work.
It would make exactly as much sense to count FDR four times.
Yes, Harry Truman felt the same way, but the people responsible for record keeping decided to do it this way, so we follow their lead.
First of all, they’re not the ones perpetuating it. The same media that’s been successfully whitewashing the West’s favorite fascist apartheid state until recent years are.
Secondly, that’s not a good reason. People in charge of things get things and the framing of things wrong all the time.
Say what you will about his authorizing of at least two of the worst single day war crimes in human history, but when he’s right, he’s right 😉
You can say “86 44” if you wish, but people will wonder why you hate Obama so much.
If Trump isn’t also the 47th President, then who is?
Nobody, since only 44 people have been president, including him.