The Brits Have a Right to be Upset

It doesn't have to be an exactly historical even as there are many recorded similar events in which the British rounded up and killed people who were suspected of being revolutionaries. The historical evidence is everywhere. For example the simple fact that there are labyrinths of tunnels under almost every big city on the east coast. They needed to hide or it was death to them.
You sound like you're upset by their depiction of people burned in the church, as if simply rounding people up and hanging them in the square is more humane or nicer.

Addirionally, your British colonial history is nothing to be proud of when it comes to colonies in the rest of the world. Up until 1960s the British military have been at work suppressing any revolts and killing the native people in places like Iraq, China, Yemen, and India.

Just in case you bring it up, yes, I do agree that British brought advancement to the regions they colonized. But that is absolutely irrelevant when it comes to the murders they've done. The comparison to SS nazis is not too far off.

Also, yes, the British are not the only empire to have done this. French, Dutch, Russians and Spanish did all these things too.

The Patriot is one of the worst films I have ever seen. It's just bloody awful. Mel Gibson is an Anglophobic wanker.

That doesn't make sense, both the "good" guys the Scots and the "bad" guys the English were portrayed differently as the titles imply. The film was another Gibson *beep* but it didn't portray the British as just one thing.

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And there is testimony that the Brits (or Tories) really, actually did such a thing during the American Revolution in the southern theater. It is not a made up scene.

The British and the Loyalists behaved abominably during the Revolution. Screw their descendants if they can't handle the truth.



The best diplomat I know is a fully charged phaser bank.

1. This movie is not a documentary.

2. The character of Gabriel was written to be very principled and steadfast in his duty to the cause. We see this in him repeatedly when he says things to his father like "stay the course" and "this is not the time for revenge". His character had been so steadfast the entire movie that they needed a horrific event that would shake him off of that path and force him to seek vengeance..... hence the church scene.

3. If the Brits don't like it, tough sh*t.


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I assumed the scene with the church burning was a documented scene from the war, did a bit of research, and found it was completely fabricated.

Why would you make a historical movie like this, and change the history so as to make it so innacurate?