I agree. It seems pretty likely that there were some Jefferson children amongst the slaves.
I by no means seek to deny the truth of some of the ugliness in America’s past.
The problem with liberals is that they fail to admit that we have self-corrected our nation’s problems in a remarkably short time.
“People want to celebrate. People want to feel a sense of belonging.”
This was used as an explanation of how we could POSSIBLY celebrate our nation’s founding. I would change “want” to “ought.”
It seems the more we “progress”... the more the left tries to insist we live in the past.
Agreed, and this is what keeps me a conservative, while at the same time puts me on the outs with some right-wing firebrands. I get the liberal ideas behind such things as the civil rights movement. It was very much needed. The problem with liberals though is that corrections go on in perpetuity. From where I sit, blacks have achieved equality, Martin Luther King's dream has come true. It's time to end the corrections, and it's been time for quite a while now.
The problem with liberals is they joyfully focus on the darker episodes in our history, browbeating Americans for political purposes.
Americans need to remember what a remarkable country this is when looked at in the context of human history, and how justifiably proud they should be of their past.
I watched the 'Revolutionary War' series on the Military Channel over the holiday. The narrative was replete with sly messages and subtle hints about hidden motives and questions concerning Americans' moral character. Always with a grain of truth perhaps, but always there whether relevant or not.
I used to allow such propaganda to color my impression of the past as well. Then I dug a little deeper. And the deeper a person digs into our history, the more obvious what a good people we are. Imperfect, but remarkable.