And even this, so recent in history, is being glossed over, omitted or preposterously justified in our Leftist-contaminated public schools and universities.
Like that old bumper sticker with the old rebel soldier:
"Forget? Hell!"
Posted on 05/04/2023 6:42:50 AM PDT by Heartlander
The Halfrican Queen started that BS. Marxist, Mooslim, Kenyan, Steaming Pant Load, Sissy Boy, Race Baiting Poverty Pimp
If a polling company asked "What does it mean to be an American?" a few decades ago, I think the answers would have revolved around the Bill of Rights. These days, not so much. I expect the answers would devolve to the respondent distancing themselves from anything historical ("they told me America's history is rooted in oppression, donchyaknow"), and instead would lean toward framing America as a balkanized set of grievance groups.
Few young people have any tolerance or respect for freedom of speech, religion, the press, or self reliant defense anymore. They just want their safe spaces. They've been programmed by a particular curriculum that they are entitled to be insulated from anyone who has different ideas about how to get along with others. Freedom of speech only applies to the dogma they have learned; anyone expressing other ideas must be peddling "misinformation" and is assaulting their "right" to be free of conflict.
Yup, as you said: selfish. I think America's intitutions, and therefore its culture, have been high-jacked by an elite group of world-class criminals and con artists - they lusted after the wealthiest country on the planet, formulated a plan, and after a long string of deceptions have captured their prize. The go-to tool for con-men to take advantage of people is to get people to defend their pride. The more the con artists can infect culture with vanity, the easier it is to get their marks to follow the behaviors that give the con artists power over the masses.
Very insightful. Thanks
It's estimated that as many as 10 or 15 percent of slaves may have been Muslim. Muslim slaves were more likely to be literate, so they were more likely to play leading roles among the enslaved, and there were memoirs written by Muslim slaves (one in Arabic).
This didn't make an impression on the mainstream culture, but since American ethnic groups celebrate the first Italian or Swede or Pole or German or Jew or Hindu in the country, it was inevitable that interest would turn to the first Muslims. It's less clear that the federal government needs to make this a major talking point.
The go-to tool for con-men to take advantage of people is to get people to defend their pride. The more the con artists can infect culture with vanity, the easier it is to get their marks to follow the behaviors that give the con artists power over the masses. - Tellurian
I was raised to believe Pride was a feeling derived from earned accomplishments and progress over entropy/evil, that has to be tempered with humility lest it transform into sin through excessiveness. The Godless Leftists have successfully applied the term Pride to confusion and sinful perversion where LACK of positive values gain approval while the traditional meaning is disregarded as passe'. Brought by the same horrid people who call life-ruining surgical mutilation "Gender-Affirming Care".
Hell must be a crowded place.
And even this, so recent in history, is being glossed over, omitted or preposterously justified in our Leftist-contaminated public schools and universities.
Like that old bumper sticker with the old rebel soldier:
"Forget? Hell!"
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