[SeekAndFind]

FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH WHAT HAPPENED... HERE's A SUMMARY FROM BERT PETERSON OF THE AMERICAN THINKER

In interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell asked,

[W]hat does Governor Ron DeSantis not know about black history and the black experience when he says that slavery and the aftermath of slavery should not be taught to Florida schoolchildren?

In fact, DeSantis never said any such thing.  In January, however, his administration blocked the teaching of a course on Black history that it said was historically inaccurate and violated state law.

After receiving criticism for her falsely premised question, Mitchell issued not an apology, but a "postscript," saying she had been "imprecise" in her question.  "Governor DeSantis," she said, "is not opposed to teaching the fact of slavery in schools; therefore the premise of my question was false and defamatory, and I sincerely apologize."

Well, actually, I kind of made up that last part.  (And I apologize — but not sincerely.)

What Mitchell actually said was this:

Governor DeSantis is not opposed to teaching the fact of slavery in schools, but ...

"But"?  "But" what?   Is he or isn't he?

... but he has opposed the teaching of an African American studies curriculum as well as the use of some authors and source materials that historians and teachers say makes it all but impossible for students to understand the broader historic and political context behind slavery and its aftermath in the years since.

Aha!  So what Mitchell is saying is that, unless students have this course, it will be all but impossible for them to understand the "broader historic and political context behind slavery and its aftermath."

How do we know this?  Because "historians and teachers" say so.

Really?  Apparently, not all of them do, or Mitchell would have said so.  So if it wasn't "all," then she should have made that clear by saying "some historians."  But if she says that, then the justification for her "imprecision" disappears.  So instead, she presents viewers with another "imprecision."

[Bon of Babble]

What doesn’t seem to be taught any longer is that it is the WEST that put an end to slavery in that part of the world. The British blockaded slave ships.

600,000 of our finest, mostly White young men died to put an end to slavery in the WBTS. Reparations have been paid. In full and many times over.

What about their lives? Their sacrifice?

Ron should have asked NBC right back: Who is it exactly that ended slavery in the U.S.?

[O6ret]

POW! KBOOM!

[Opinionated Blowhard]

You know who doesn’t want to speak the truth about slavery? Democrats. Democrats supported it. Democrats used anti-black hatred and violence to win policital elections. Democrats immediately tried to reimpose slavery by another name after the Civil War. Democrats formed the KKK as a terrorist paramilitary organization to maintain political power. Republicans were 100% in the right before, during and after the Civil War. That should be taught.

[1Old Pro]

When I was growing up the politicians and media were not so divisive about race. We had a great baseball catcher called Elston Howard and they didn’t have to remind everyone he was Black because people respected him for his talent, not the color of his skin.

Nowadays when you are Black, it’s typically the number 1 2 and 3 topic, nothing about the man or the talent.

[alloysteel]

Do not discount the very real charm that Donald Trump has shown in the past, and can key up on a moment’s notice as needed. True, he does interpose the charm offensive with sometimes very vitriolic attacks, but also keep in mind he is a counterpuncher, returning attacks upon him with near manic fury, imposing his will like a force of nature. Part of the charm is the unstated probability that continued good behavior keeps the inner beast contained.

The wish is to be loved wholeheartedly, but if the inspiration of fear is what accomplishes the goal, then better to be feared and respected than loved.

[lepton]

One should also note that Washington nearly bankrupted himself by supporting slaves he did not need (eventually it reached almost four times what was needed), or were ‘retired’, in order to keep families together. He also through most of his life did not purchase slaves, and couldn’t free his in-laws slaves.

Slavery was and is a horrible institution, but with Washington there was clearly an attempt to deal with the situation in a moral manner.

[Wdempsey]

Negro Americans are done a great disservice by the incessant harping on race and stressing for a solid month the vast contributions made.

Pedestalizing a race is as wrong headed as promoting a gaggle of sodomists as worthy of pride.

The race are Americans period and tbe
continuous phony rhetoric is racist in itself.

[Honest Nigerian]

Andrea Mitchell? Isn’t she married to Alan Greenspan?
Greenspan had all the power necessary to address the abuses that were happening in the mortgage-backed securities industry. And he saw what was happening.
He did nothing. In fact, when he had to go testify before Congress he told them that he had not realized the banksters would be so greedy.
Now that is a paraphrase, but it captures what he told them. And the details can be found in the book by Michael Lewis, The Big Short.
To summarize - these people (Mitchell and Greenspan, and their ilk) seem to consistently use their position and power to harm America and citizens of the USA.
But I am likely preaching to the converted.