“1776 Commission” Pro-American History To Counter “The 1619 Project”

[WuWei]

@Jezcoe

@PurpnGold

@WuWei

Of US History, you betcha.

And the people who supported and signed the constitution just appeared out of thin air in 1776.

Year zero.

Of the United States, you betcha. Actually 1789 would be a better date.

[PurpnGold]

@WuWei

Cotton. How much of it was raised in the north and west?

I’ll help. None.

Was the south a part of the US prior to 1865? My history may be fuzzy.

[WuWei]

@PurpnGold

@WuWei

Cotton. How much of it was raised in the north and west?

I’ll help. None.

Was the south a part of the US? My history may be fuzzy.

Was the north and the west? Did you say “the south was built on slavery”?

[Jezcoe]

@altair1013

@PurpnGold

And the people who supported and signed the constitution just appeared out of thin air in 1776.

No they didn’t. A few years before, they were subjects if King George. As were their slaves.

Yeah. They used that excuse back then.

Their subsequent behavior showed that they didn’t mind so much.

[altair1013]

@Jezcoe

We also don’t focus on the bad parts of our history.

We obsess over it. The rest of the world has forgiven themselves. Germany no longer wallows in Nazi world. Japan has moved on from the Asian genocide. We should follow suit. Remember, but don’t wallow. The guilty are all dead.

[PurpnGold]

@WuWei

Patently false.

Your history must be that “pro American” history Trump is talking about.

Reconstruction was a failure. It didn’t last that long before Jim Crow decided it was to oppress again

[PurpnGold]

@WuWei

Was the north and the west? Did you say “the south was built on slavery”?

No I said the US was built on slavery. The south was a part of the US prior to 1865,right?

[WuWei]

@PurpnGold

@WuWei

Patently false.

Your history must be that “pro American” history Trump is talking about.

Reconstruction was a failure. It didn’t last that long before Jim Crow decided it was to oppress again

You have no clue what you’re talking about.

[Jezcoe]

@altair1013

@Jezcoe

We also don’t focus on the bad parts of our history.

We obsess over it. The rest of the world has forgiven themselves. Germany no longer wallows in Nazi world. Japan has moved on from the Asian genocide. We should follow suit. Remember, but don’t wallow. The guilty are all dead.

Germany fully embraces that the Holocaust happened and was horrible and should never happen again.

Japan… yeah… they still deny a bunch of stuff

They are getting sore over South Korea putting up statues to commemorate comfort women during the war

[WuWei]

@PurpnGold

@WuWei

Was the north and the west? Did you say “the south was built on slavery”?

No I said the US was built on slavery. The south was a part of the US prior to 1865,right?

Did you say “part of the US was built on slavery”?

[PurpnGold]

@WuWei

You have no clue what you’re talking about.

The idea was noble and there was some success early on… but that was wiped away as soon as the south got tired of having black people get power.

[altair1013]

@Jezcoe

Germany fully embraces that the Holocaust happened and was horrible and should never happen again.

No. They don’t claim they are evil because of their past sins. Not at all. But the American left claims we are.

[PurpnGold]

@WuWei

Did you say “part of the US was built on slavery”?

Reading comprehension problem?

[Jezcoe]

@PurpnGold

@WuWei

Was the north and the west? Did you say “the south was built on slavery”?

No I said the US was built on slavery. The south was a part of the US prior to 1865,right?

All of that money flowed to the banks in the North.

Slavery was responsible for a good portion of the wealth creation in this country for several decades.

One of the reasons why it was so hard to give up.

[WuWei]

@PurpnGold

@WuWei

You have no clue what you’re talking about.

The idea was noble and there was some success early on… but that was wiped away as soon as the south got tired of having black people get power.

No, it wasn’t. There are still reconstruction programs going on today.

[WuWei]

@Jezcoe

@PurpnGold

@WuWei

Was the north and the west? Did you say “the south was built on slavery”?

No I said the US was built on slavery. The south was a part of the US prior to 1865,right?

All of that money flowed to the banks in the North.

Slavery was responsible for a good portion of the wealth creation in this country for several decades.

One of the reasons why it was so hard to give up.

Amazing.

[Jezcoe]

@PurpnGold

@WuWei

You have no clue what you’re talking about.

The idea was noble and there was some success early on… but that was wiped away as soon as the south got tired of having black people get power.

Wilmington 1898

[Bodecea]

@altair1013

@Jezcoe

We also don’t focus on the bad parts of our history.

We obsess over it. The rest of the world has forgiven themselves. Germany no longer wallows in Nazi world. Japan has moved on from the Asian genocide. We should follow suit. Remember, but don’t wallow. The guilty are all dead.

Interesting…not true, but interesting.

[PurpnGold]

@WuWei

No, it wasn’t. There are still reconstruction programs going on today.

Like the Freedmans Bureau?

We are talking about the reconstruction era, right?

[Jezcoe]

@altair1013

@Jezcoe

Germany fully embraces that the Holocaust happened and was horrible and should never happen again.

No. They don’t claim they are evil because of their past sins. Not at all. But the American left claims we are.

I can only speak for myself.

I don’t think that the argument is that the US is evil but it does make it very uncomfortable to confront the parts of our history where we didn’t live up to our highest ideal.

That is what I see happening