History vs Political Correctness
a personal opinion12 total reviews
Comment from Elizabeth Henderson
Good read and great perspective. I totally agree that history is, sadly, being rewritten throughout our country. This is especially true in classrooms across America where young minds are systematically brainwashed through mass indoctrination. We in the serfdom don't stand a chance unless we take a STAND against atrocities like the removal of our national monuments. As the white mother of a black child, I certainly hope that one day she will stand up for what's right like the black woman in your story. I hope she makes history - imagine that!
reply by the author on 29-Jul-2017
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Good read and great perspective. I totally agree that history is, sadly, being rewritten throughout our country. This is especially true in classrooms across America where young minds are systematically brainwashed through mass indoctrination. We in the serfdom don't stand a chance unless we take a STAND against atrocities like the removal of our national monuments. As the white mother of a black child, I certainly hope that one day she will stand up for what's right like the black woman in your story. I hope she makes history - imagine that!
Comment Written 29-Jul-2017
reply by the author on 29-Jul-2017
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Elizabeth - imagine your finding this post! Thank you for reading ( it was long, I know) and for your comments!
With a mother like you, I bet your child WILL make history. I wish she'd become a history teacher and teach American kids the truth - history as it really was. Thanks again
Katharine - pome lover
Comment from F. Wehr3
Hi, pome. I wanted to write you after the contest was over to go over some points of history. I am originally from Georgia and related to Robert E. Lee. I hope you don't find this harsh. It is intended to be a critique based on fact.
Why did this suddenly come up in 2015, when the monuments had been there forever? -- Well, this isn't precisely true. Let's go back to 1954 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Brown versus the Board of Education ( this ended segregation). In response to this, the state of Georgia changed the flag to include the confederate flag in 1956 (it had never been present as the state flag before and only used during the war). The state flag was changed in 2001 and again in 2003, well before 2015. So, it was not the 'black agitator' at all.
Slavery did happen, but that was a long time ago and it was perpetuated by the Democrats. Check your history if you don't believe me. --I did. Yes, it was perpetuated by Democrats, white southern Democrats who became present day white Republicans.
Fact: The Republican Party was founded primarily to oppose slavery, and it was the Republicans who eventually abolished slavery. The Democratic Party fought them and tried to maintain and expand slavery. The 13th amendment, abolishing slavery, passed in 1865 with 100% Republican support but only 23% Democratic support in congress.--Again, this is a misrepresentation of facts. Republicans ruled the north during this time period. Did you know that between the 1860's and the 1930's the platforms of both parties switched? Lincoln's Republicans became Roosevelt's Democrats.
I don't mind you having an opposing view, but I wanted to let you know about the factual misrepresentation. Personally, I believe they should be in a museum, for those who don't know history are condemned to repeat it.
Take care,
Russell
reply by the author on 06-Jun-2017
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Hi, pome. I wanted to write you after the contest was over to go over some points of history. I am originally from Georgia and related to Robert E. Lee. I hope you don't find this harsh. It is intended to be a critique based on fact.
Why did this suddenly come up in 2015, when the monuments had been there forever? -- Well, this isn't precisely true. Let's go back to 1954 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Brown versus the Board of Education ( this ended segregation). In response to this, the state of Georgia changed the flag to include the confederate flag in 1956 (it had never been present as the state flag before and only used during the war). The state flag was changed in 2001 and again in 2003, well before 2015. So, it was not the 'black agitator' at all.
Slavery did happen, but that was a long time ago and it was perpetuated by the Democrats. Check your history if you don't believe me. --I did. Yes, it was perpetuated by Democrats, white southern Democrats who became present day white Republicans.
Fact: The Republican Party was founded primarily to oppose slavery, and it was the Republicans who eventually abolished slavery. The Democratic Party fought them and tried to maintain and expand slavery. The 13th amendment, abolishing slavery, passed in 1865 with 100% Republican support but only 23% Democratic support in congress.--Again, this is a misrepresentation of facts. Republicans ruled the north during this time period. Did you know that between the 1860's and the 1930's the platforms of both parties switched? Lincoln's Republicans became Roosevelt's Democrats.
I don't mind you having an opposing view, but I wanted to let you know about the factual misrepresentation. Personally, I believe they should be in a museum, for those who don't know history are condemned to repeat it.
Take care,
Russell
Comment Written 06-Jun-2017
reply by the author on 06-Jun-2017
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Dear Russell,
I, too, am from Georgia and my Colonial Dames papers say I am also a kinsman of Robert E. Lee. Maybe we are distant cousins.
I did not intend to misrepresent the facts. I obtained them through research online. If, as you say, they are in error, I apologize. I was aware, of course that the parties eventually switched, but my facts were true as reported.
To me, it seems that those who don't know history and may repeat it are the ones who keep bringing up the subject of "race."
But I am done with this piece, and moving on.
Thank you for your information and explanations and the time you took to write me.
Katharine - pome lover.
Comment from JDRBAR
I feel several of your points were excellently presented. However, I think you need to tighten up your writing, condensing many of your references. A shorter, more precise writing would attract more readers.
reply by the author on 30-May-2017
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I feel several of your points were excellently presented. However, I think you need to tighten up your writing, condensing many of your references. A shorter, more precise writing would attract more readers.
Comment Written 30-May-2017
reply by the author on 30-May-2017
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I replied in my review of your entry. :)
Comment from LIJ Red
I would love to read the reviews on this. Fanstory has its share of those who are offended by everything, who would forget the past and its lessons(and repeat the same mistakes?) Well written, well said.
reply by the author on 28-May-2017
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I would love to read the reviews on this. Fanstory has its share of those who are offended by everything, who would forget the past and its lessons(and repeat the same mistakes?) Well written, well said.
Comment Written 28-May-2017
reply by the author on 28-May-2017
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thanks! I got a couple of those. but mostly they were positive. Of course there were a lot who read it and only a few who commented on it. I feel pretty sure when the contest rolls around I'll end up at the bottom - lowest amount of votes - if any.
Anyway, thanks again!
Comment from Marvin Calloway
I hadn't planned on reading all this at one sitting but it was so well written I couldn't stop. It is an outstanding piece of work and must-reading for practically everyone.
It appears you've covered every aspect of this issue, social problem and nightmare all rolled into one. If you feel you've left out anything whatsoever, I look forward to reading that also, regardless of its length.
Great job.
Marv
reply by the author on 27-May-2017
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I hadn't planned on reading all this at one sitting but it was so well written I couldn't stop. It is an outstanding piece of work and must-reading for practically everyone.
It appears you've covered every aspect of this issue, social problem and nightmare all rolled into one. If you feel you've left out anything whatsoever, I look forward to reading that also, regardless of its length.
Great job.
Marv
Comment Written 27-May-2017
reply by the author on 27-May-2017
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thank you, Marv.
The recommended length was between 2,000-4,000 words, and to tell the truth, once I got started it was hard to stop. It took me three days to write it.
Some folks have said that there was no cause to put Trump in it, but of course, I think there was.
Anyway, many thanks again!
pl
Comment from Mai Mai
This is an interesting piece. It is well written and shows a lot of thought went into what you had to say. I wholeheartedly disagree. Good luck.
Mai Mai
reply by the author on 25-May-2017
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This is an interesting piece. It is well written and shows a lot of thought went into what you had to say. I wholeheartedly disagree. Good luck.
Mai Mai
Comment Written 25-May-2017
reply by the author on 25-May-2017
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well, you disagreed very nicely.
thanks
Comment from Phyllis Stewart
Bravo! I agree with all that you said and for the same reasons.
If you don't like the facts, change them or leave them out entirely. --- The Democrats motto!
reply by the author on 25-May-2017
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Bravo! I agree with all that you said and for the same reasons.
If you don't like the facts, change them or leave them out entirely. --- The Democrats motto!
Comment Written 25-May-2017
reply by the author on 25-May-2017
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thank you so much! and also for the 6!!
greatly appreciated.
Comment from Mustang Patty
thank you for sharing this well written and researched opinion. It is really about preserving history, and it is sad that statues and monuments are being torn down. This country was built on diversity - and now it seems as though diversity is frowned upon.
~patty~
reply by the author on 25-May-2017
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thank you for sharing this well written and researched opinion. It is really about preserving history, and it is sad that statues and monuments are being torn down. This country was built on diversity - and now it seems as though diversity is frowned upon.
~patty~
Comment Written 25-May-2017
reply by the author on 25-May-2017
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oh I think diversity is most certainly alive and well - in fact it is prevalent. I am not frowning upon diversity, but I am tired of its being stressed above individual effort; however, as you said, this is about history which should be preserved.
thank you for your review.
Comment from frierajac
Sociological concepts tell us that people attribute meaning to objects of spacial awareness that are not real. Although my son, a long time resident of New Orleans thinks that there is no problem with these statues and doesn't see what kind of an issue there is for other persons. There will always be an issue for some persons who perceive these kinds of things(statues) to be invested with certain kinds of virtues or their opposites. It seems that the installations and there disappearance and reappearances in time has more to do with who may be invested with the powers of the presidency. At least we vote on that. Why can't we vote to change.
Statues could be in a museum that would tell the true story of the many soldiers
that had to fight against the Northern economic interests.
A person thinks in today's political environment, that the actual history of the Anglican hierarchy that brought slavery to America, as they were taking the land from the Indians, have a legacy that can only be seen as stained because they were the dominant culture in the South, whose economic system was based on slavery.
No matter that those who fought the Civel war were predominantly yoemen who had suffered more from the effects of slavery. Are we to obscure their sacrifice that comes down to us by insisting on the metal statues stay as they have always been, or is there another way?
reply by the author on 25-May-2017
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Sociological concepts tell us that people attribute meaning to objects of spacial awareness that are not real. Although my son, a long time resident of New Orleans thinks that there is no problem with these statues and doesn't see what kind of an issue there is for other persons. There will always be an issue for some persons who perceive these kinds of things(statues) to be invested with certain kinds of virtues or their opposites. It seems that the installations and there disappearance and reappearances in time has more to do with who may be invested with the powers of the presidency. At least we vote on that. Why can't we vote to change.
Statues could be in a museum that would tell the true story of the many soldiers
that had to fight against the Northern economic interests.
A person thinks in today's political environment, that the actual history of the Anglican hierarchy that brought slavery to America, as they were taking the land from the Indians, have a legacy that can only be seen as stained because they were the dominant culture in the South, whose economic system was based on slavery.
No matter that those who fought the Civel war were predominantly yoemen who had suffered more from the effects of slavery. Are we to obscure their sacrifice that comes down to us by insisting on the metal statues stay as they have always been, or is there another way?
Comment Written 25-May-2017
reply by the author on 25-May-2017
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the fact remains, history is history. It is what it is, and whether some people like it or not should not interfere with its being preserved., (in my humble opinion)
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I could not figure out, given the neighbors' opinions on this, if there is a politically correct side on which to fall? or if it matters. Is there a diffinitive opinion upon, the same issue,
continuance of these installations? Please do tell.
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as per everything to do with today's political correctness, it seems to fall on the side of minorities and against any and all who think it is wrong. For instance: In many of American schools there is no Christian prayer allowed, BUT they want to have special places for the Muslims to pray. Now you tell me, is that right?
I think the majority black population in N.O. has been prodded into (all of a sudden) feeling put upon. Years have gone by without their probably even noticing the statues, but today political correctness is pushed down everyone's throat.
Comment from Alcreator Litt Dear
This speaks the truths, author observes historic objects (national monuments) and its restoration and places importance of protection of history and political decisive correctness; I liked.
reply by the author on 25-May-2017
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This speaks the truths, author observes historic objects (national monuments) and its restoration and places importance of protection of history and political decisive correctness; I liked.
Comment Written 24-May-2017
reply by the author on 25-May-2017
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thank you very much.
I'm glad you liked it!
