Thread by @sstuff3

🇺🇸The Attack on American History Must STOP!🇺🇸

The attack on our history is an ongoing and coordinated attack by Democrats and liberals and is being used as a method to pander to whom they see as “their voters”.

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Democrats and liberals are pushing the idea that a vast amount of our county’s history is “racist” and needs to be erased and forgotten.
They are using race as a political tool to help win the support of minorities so they can win an election.

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They have total disregard for our true history. The fact that some minorities view our history as “racist” is proof that their “pandering” is nothing new and unfortunately works well for them since their base buy into this divisive narrative every four years.

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Some are waking up to the fact that they have been used by politicians for decades while others still follow their divisive narrative almost religiously, hook, line, and sinker.

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They tell us that the “Confederate Flag” is a symbol of racism, yet the flag commonly referred to as the “Confederate Flag” was never a national flag of the Confederate States of America and never symbolized support for slavery.

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In fact, the flag that they call the “Confederate Flag” was the “Second Confederate Navy Jack” and was the flag of the Confederate States Navy from 1863-1865.

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They tell us that the historical monuments of past Generals and Presidents, military bases named after Confederate Generals are “racist”, despite the fact that many of them served in the US Army prior to (and some after) the Civil War and many opposed slavery.

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All were instrumental, in their own ways, in the formation and development of our country.
They tell us that historical movies and songs are racists because they depict the culture of the era in which they were filmed or written. Being historically accurate is not racist.

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They tell us that the American Civil War was a war about slavery. While slavery was one of the many issues, it was NOT the primary catalyst, reason, or cause of the war.

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To demonstrate my point that this push for division is nothing more than politics; on June 8th, the Democrat Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, and other prominent Democrats adorned with Kente cloths (provided to them by the Congressional Black Caucus)

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and knelt in the Capitol Building as a show of support for Black Lives Matters and to “stand against racism”.
To most, this was a nice a well-received gesture. To those of us who know history, it was a shameful display of political pandering.

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Even the (complicit) media ignored the searing irony of the display.
Irony you ask? What irony?
The Kente cloths they adorned themselves with are from the African Ashanti tribe in what is now modern-day Ghana.

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The Ashanti tribes were one of the strongest tribes in Africa and one of the few who were able to remain undefeated by Britain.

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They were also one of the world’s largest slave traders, capturing, selling and buying other Africans to be sold as slaves to the Europeans, Caribbean, and Americas.
Still believe the unpleasant parts of history are not important?

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Our country has a great history, if you dare learn about it yourself. Unfortunately, the erosion and revision of our true history has been occurring for many decades and our schools no longer teach the true, unedited version of the history of our nation.

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True, there were some unpleasant times and events in our history (most countries have them) but they need to be taught and preserved as well, regardless of how uncomfortable they are to discuss.

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Our country is not perfect but it is far more advanced than we once were and it is nowhere near as bad as some of the politicians and activists claim. If it were, why are we still the number one choice for foreigners to emigrate to?

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They don’t choose to come here because we are a “racist” country. They come here because we are NOT a racist country and opportunity is available for all.

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I have personally been to many countries around the world and can honestly say that the United States of America is one of the least racist places in the world and all citizens are provided equal opportunities to succeed (or fail).

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It’s time to stop using history to divide and start teaching the true, unedited version of our history.
Removing historical statues, renaming buildings, schools, and military bases, etc., will only accomplish and create more division.

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No matter how unpleasant parts of our history was, it needs to be preserved, respected, and taught in our schools.
As said by George Santayana, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

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I’ll close this with recent quotes from two men, in very different fields, whose successes seemingly support the points I’ve outlined above.

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Ben Carson @SecretaryCarson: “smart people, wise people, use their history in order to improve. Other kinds of people try to bury their history.”

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Lt Col Allen West @AllenWest:“History is not there for you to like or dislike. It is there for you to learn from.”

Educate yourself. Educate your children. Stop perpetuating division. Stop being political pawns. Petition our government to teach the true American history.
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Facts should come before feelings every time!

Good, Bad, and Ugly: Our history is what brought us to where we are as a country today, the greatest country in the world.

#StopDividing
#HistoryMATTERS
#WeAreAmericansFIRST
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