Originally Posted by stanley (Post 2001095)

Not on the Founding Documents (The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, The Bill of Rights) alone, but on the archived material as a whole amassed during the history of the United States.
For instance The American Revolution, The Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korea, etc............ pretty candid and gory stuff.
I think you can take it as a PG13 rating as in the movies. Do I have a problem with it? No. But if they try to change, and rewrite history and pander to the pansies, then I have a problem with it (ie... the removal and destruction of statues)

Originally Posted by DAVES (Post 2001043)

It would take books to properly reply. Real history? History is interesting only when you actually read it. "White people systematically enslaved, raped, lynched and impoverished non-whites as a founding principle of this nation needs to be taught even if it makes a white person feel the sads."

REALITY as I see it. First of all you accept two different sets of rules to produce your views. Our legal system, you are not guilty of crimes committed by your ancestors.
My great, great great grandfather was a general on the Northern side of the civil war.
My mother's side of the family arrived in about 1913. Black slavery ended in 1865.
The RACE CARD. You could find excuses to pay reparations to most groups. The Chinese were welcomed in to build the railroads, many died doing it and were prevented from doing other jobs, the Irish were brought over as indentured servants-essentially slaves for 14 years. Later jobs could be posted with note Irish need not apply. Jews?

I am WHITE. I am not sad. I am tired of the indoctrinated HATE being used to gain political power. I HAVE NO GUILT OR REASON TO FEEL GUILTY. In terms of equality under the law. Do try to explain why a black only business is fine for you but a white only business is not.

Originally Posted by charlieo1126@gmail.com (Post 2001083)

The country that doesn’t exist anymore could that be the one where my father was screamed at and called a communist by Joe McCarthy for being a labor activist around the country in the 30’S and fighting in Spain against Franco or the segregated America where civil rights workers were beaten and killed or the one that drafted kids to feed into the fire of a war our leaders knew we couldn’t win ( and before you jump I was there many years) or the country where woman’s place was in the home . THAT COUNTRY

Originally Posted by charlieo1126@gmail.com (Post 2001124)

But Jim Crow laws took over and lasted 100 years and while they got somewhat milder as the years went by they still kept much of a specific race in check

Originally Posted by Bucco (Post 2001139)

Your mention of Joe McCarthy harks back to another era of hate mongering and totally false accusations. Everyone was called a communist if 1} they disagreed with him or 2)He decided that a vendetta was needed against someone.

He ruined many many lives with his rhetoric and false allegations. I recall as child asking lots of questions about “communists” and learning that McCarthy had no idea of what a communist even was. Hope your father was able to keep his head with all the phoney and false allegations that surely must have followed

"McCarthyism is Americanism with its sleeves rolled," McCarthy said in a 1952 speech, and later that year, he published a book titled McCarthyism: The Fight For America.“. Ring famaliar

Originally Posted by Ecuadog (Post 2000929)

I'm thinkin' that the pendulum has gone quite far enough.

Originally Posted by DAVES (Post 2001179)

There are few people that will stand up to a mob. Hitler used the powerful yet MINDLESS emotion of HATE to rise to power. Other than for the fact that COMMUNISM simply does not work there is nothing wrong with any thought. Truly simple REALITY.
You will work harder for yourself and your family than you will for your comrade. In so doing you will also produce for the entire population.

Carl Marx wrote an essay in which he said communism will not overpower capitalism in a war. Rather it will be welcomed into our schools. As far as communism, socialism and capitalism none of them exist in textbook form.

Parasites exist in nature. They weaken the host. When you have too many parasites they first slow down the host. If, they get beyond a certain number they kill the host and thus kill not only the host but themselves. Libs, would they ever say we have gotten enough. Simple REALITY-no.

Originally Posted by charlieo1126@gmail.com (Post 2001083)

The country that doesn’t exist anymore could that be the one where my father was screamed at and called a communist by Joe McCarthy for being a labor activist around the country in the 30’S and fighting in Spain against Franco or the segregated America where civil rights workers were beaten and killed or the one that drafted kids to feed into the fire of a war our leaders knew we couldn’t win ( and before you jump I was there many years) or the country where woman’s place was in the home . THAT COUNTRY

Originally Posted by n8xwb (Post 2000921)

I read this early today ----

"The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) determined recently that America's founding documents may be "harmful or difficult" for some users to view since they reflect "outdated, biased, offensive, and possibly violent views and opinions."