Charlottesville

[J. Beckert]

I think Laurie made some fantastic points. The press can't seem to get enough of pumping "racism" into the headlines. Morgan Freeman said it best when he said the cure was to "Just stop talking about it".

White supremacists are a vile bunch and shouldn't be tolerated in this country in the 21st. Century. They are a hate group and should be treated as such.

You also made a good point, Rich - most Americans are ignorant of our history. Because of the constant promoting of it by the liberal media, the mere mention of the "Confederacy" or the sight of a Confederate flag now leave the mindless masses frothing at the mouth to condemn whatever the press tells them is racist.

This whole mess is Charlottesville started over the proposed removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee. A man who freed his own slaves a year before the Emancipation Proclamation and also made sure they were educated - which was against Federal Law. A tad better than the "Root hog or die" proposal Lincoln had, but most folks don't know that part of the story. But Lee's a villain because he wore the gray.

Working in a school now, I've quizzed several history teachers about who said "Slavery is our greatest moral evil" - Lincoln, Frederick Douglas or Lee. No one has gotten it right so far, but it was actually Lee.

When we start molding our history into what's more palatable to the weak minded masses, we're losing it entirely. And that's a shame.