Conservative History

The whitewashing of American history continues.



This very idea that conservatives aren't willing to recognize the sum total of American history is nothing new. We've recently seen Thomas Jefferson quite literally removed from history books that are being re-written by the Texas Board Of Education, so it's rather logical ( if looking at this from a conservative perspective ) they they remove slavery from any historical celebration.

Now, I'm not entirely sure why anyone would want to "celebrate" the South's point of view during the Civil War, but I do think if you're going to have a month where their actions are recognized, you ought to recognize them all. That includes slavery.

Shorter Glenn Beck

Beck Defends Founding Fathers’ Decision To Count African-Americans As Three-Fifths Of A Person

You see, The Founders didn't really own slaves, they just had really close relationships with them. The Constitution was written with their express interests in mind. They loved black people, even gave them their own living quarters and everything.