So the morons in the Pee Party want to change history: they want to prevent textbooks from containing any “negative” information on the country’s founding fathers (http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/437887/tennessee_tea_partiers%3A_scrub_history_textbooks/). Laughable. Newsflash, America, albeit the greatest gift God has given to mankind, with it’s version of Democracy, Capitalism and the Chevy Pinto, has done some really fucked up shit.
Reagan, Iran Contra, Native Americans, Slavery, the Civil Rights Era, Japanese Internment, nuking the Japanese, the Bailout. and etc. That is the history of our country. Accept it. It is isn’t all peaches and cream. No place on this earth has a clean record. Every empire has “done dirt.” But for some reason, segments of this country’s population refuse to acknowledge the evils of our past. They find it Anti-American. I am here to the those people to shut the fuck up.
See, imagine America as a human being, with a traumatic past. Psychologist will tell you that humans tend to build blocks and walls to protect themselves from past trauma. Depending on how horrible the past experience, they may develop an alter ego. These morons who want to erase the past, are like a psychosis, acting as a form of denial. Prolonging or allowing such behavior only serves to create more polarization and further the dissension in America. You have to address matters, not deny them, you have to cure diseases, not palliate symptoms or worse, deny them. America shouldn’t be in denial. America should accept its past and use those lessons to realize a better future. For the record, even though America has done some really horrendous and offensive things in the world, it has also done good. We have developed much of the technological and medical advancements in the world, and bettered the lives of humanity. Let’s focus on doing more of that and less of the bad stuff, like invading other countries for precious resources or ripping off our own citizens for corporations. And let’s knock off this political strife, Obama nor the tea parties, nor democrats nor republicans are the answer: we are the answer, we have to solve our own problems and not rely on anyone else. If there is any lesson to be learned from the founding fathers, it is that you are the only one responsible for protection of your rights. It starts with you, then expands to your community then to the rest of the nation. Get educated, KNOW THE HISTORY (don’t try to deny the past, learn from it), and make educated decisions. Peace.
