Quote:The thing is, in history what has happened when such thinking is made the "law of the land"?  North Korea anyone?

 

Look even closer into our own country's history.  Are we turning into the FLDS on a national level?  Perhaps, only by a different "religion" (or non-religion).  We are being told what to say, what to do and what to think.  History is being "re-written" and any evidence of our history is being taken away.

North Korea is just one example. 

 

You're right.  People are so offended by our history that they're not teaching it, and any reminders of it that they find offensive are being erased from view.  It's how they exert their power.  At some point that comes back to bite them.  One thing about history.  If you don't really know it, and you don't really understand your history, your destined to repeat the mistakes of the past. 

 

The funniest thing about this attempt to erase Confederate history from the map.  Look who is doing it.  It's the democrats.  Republicans who are supporting this are doing so because it's the politically expedient thing to do.  They don't want to be that candidate who stood up and defended something that someone found offensive, so rather than do so, they succumb to the pressure and give in.  We're seeing it all over the place.  The quest to keep power is far more important than doing what is actually the right thing.

 

So, democrats are trying to erase historical reminders about slavery.  They're demanding that the bodies of Nathaniel Bedford Forrest and his wife be moved off of public grounds where a memorial in their honor stands because it's too painful a reminder of our past. 

 

What's the problem with that?

 

Democrats built the monuments.  They installed the flag that is so offensive today over the capitols of several states.  Even in SC, where the flag was just removed, it was a democrat governor, Fritz Hollings who signed the bill putting that flag there in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the War Between the States.  In Arkansas, it was Bill Clinton who did the same thing there.

 

Slavery and symbols are so offensive to some that they demanded the Confederate flag be removed from public view because they said it brought back painful memories of the horrors perpetrated by the Ku Klux Klan.  In West Virginia, roadways and buildings and parks and landmarks all over the state are dedicated to Senator Robert Byrd.  He was a good democrat to the end.  He was considered the historian of the US Senate.  He was also a Grand Kleagle in the KKK back in the day, but as he said, it was okay because in those days, when you ran for public office in WV, you had to be a member of the Klan.  Of course, leading it was just the natural progression of things. 

 

When Civil Rights were being debated in congress, Byrd and other democrats including Bill Clinton's mentor, Senator William Fulbright, another good democrat from Arkansas, fought tirelessly to shut down debate and block it from happening.  Years earlier, this same Senator Fulbright fought desegregation in the schools.

 

In Alabama, Governor George Wallace (Democrat) stood in the doorway of the admission office for the University of Alabama and tried to block black students from enrolling.  Only a federal warrant and National Guard troops forced him out of the way.

 

I can go on.  Democrats are so offended by this history that they want it eradicated from existence, and with good reason.  They don't need people recognizing their history through the centuries. 

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