I don’t doubt that your ancestors did unpleasant things to Tories, the Delaware Indians, and a@@holes in the street. What I object to is characterizing the Tories as enthusiastic tyrant-lovers. It’s a classic mistake that leftards make, too, believing that anyone who fought for the Confederacy was doing it because they liked slavery, including Robert E. Lee, who was opposed to it, or anyone who fought in Vietnam took pleasure in napalming villages and bayonetting babies, etc. History’s not that simple.
King George was also known as “Farmer George,” and in addition to trying to increase the power of the Crown also tried to institute agricultural reforms, hence the name. He did not get the Colonies, and totally destroyed the good will of his subjects there, but the Tories outnumbered the rebels two to one, but the rebels out-pashioned the Tories despite their lesser numbers.
Furthermore, those who chose to rebel had among them “transports” from England, Ireland, Scotland, Corning and Wales for criminal activities and acts of rebellion, so they were inclined to object to anything the British Empire did to them.
The issues of taxation were over the debt left over from fighting the French and Indian War, much of which was owed to the Colonials, so they were all for paying off the debt, but objected to the manner of raising the money and their lack of say in it.
The Tories who were driven out went to Canada to escape persecution. I hope you don’t hold a grudge against Canadians, all of whom remained loyal subjects of King George. Did Shepherd and his pals annihilate the Delawares because they were Tories? They were also devout Christians and pacifists, which is why it was so easy to kill them off.
I don’t hold a grudge against the British, the Anglophobia exhibited by John Alexander has long since disappeared from our family. Canadians are nice people, I love Toronto and I number a few Canadian veterans as friends. I also don’t hold with maltreating ANYONE for their ancestry, most especially children. As I noted, John Alexander was not a nice man. One of his own sons said that trying to be friendly to him was like “poking a sore-arsed bear with a stick”. His wife entertained guests when he was out of the house. The DemoRATS destroying this country and perverting our children think they’re on the right side too. Won’t be an excuse in my book, should 1776 come back around again. That’s when I will get my own John Alexander on.
I should add that I think George III was an altogether nice guy, family man, did his best to be a good ruler, even wrote treatises on how to not be a despot.
Good intentions don’t mean a damn when you wreck the lives of others.