To somehow attempt to view this as historically accurate is to miss the entire point of the film. It is not based on true events of the character itself since its fictional. The surrounding backstory is a real event, the character and anecdote is not. People discussing this is just low hanging fruit
As for anti-british "bigotry", i dont really care. I would assume that if this movie is in fact anti-british, it probably got something correct afterall. Since the founding fathers after all were not progressives and were trying to set up their own regime and colony outside of the british empire. They were white, and english originally, but they (in the creation of america/constitution) were establishing a seperate civilization. And you can see this demonstrably when u see wars between all various european groups.
People are mad because of 3 reasons. 1 - its "historical inaccuracy". 2 - "omg Gibson doesnt like english people!!!1 and 3 - its cheesy and patriotic. The first 2 reasons simply dont make much sense.
As for anti-british "bigotry", i dont really care. I would assume that if this movie is in fact anti-british, it probably got something correct afterall. Since the founding fathers after all were not progressives and were trying to set up their own regime and colony outside of the british empire. They were white, and english originally, but they (in the creation of america/constitution) were establishing a seperate civilization. And you can see this demonstrably when u see wars between all various european groups.
People are mad because of 3 reasons. 1 - its "historical inaccuracy". 2 - "omg Gibson doesnt like english people!!!1 and 3 - its cheesy and patriotic. The first 2 reasons simply dont make much sense.