Lies and History

 

For years before and into the 1960s, there was a version of American history popular in the south and often accepted elsewhere claiming that the Confederates did not rebel in defense of slavery but over some other concerns, that slaves were well treated by their kind and genteel owners, and that slaves were satisfied with their condition. Every one of these assertions is false. These days very few people believe otherwise, and most would agree the history of slavery, the Civil War, reconstruction, and Jim Crow should be understood and taught accurately without such fables.

However we now have a new set of fables in place of the old, one claiming that Lincoln and the union army did not free the slaves who rather did it themselves spontaneously or something, that America and its wealth were built on slavery, that the American revolution was fought to escape from British abolitionists, and that ubiquitous, systemic white racism has resulted in a de facto continuation of Jim Crow into the present. Every one of these assertions is false. Yet they are preached in universities, diversity reeducation sessions, public schools, media companies, and even, for gosh sakes, Disney cartoons.

In accuracy and intent they are on the level of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion and should get the same dismissal and contempt. There is no justification for accepting dishonest cover stories that all that is really wanted is to get the full story told. It has nothing to do with that. It is lying to libel this country and an entire race of people.