Its still frustrating though. Doubly so when you consider what American history actually is. Yes, we were started by colonizers and slavers. We also fought a war to throw off the British crown, fought a war to defeat those slavers and eventually brought abolition. And when they weaseled their way out of Reconstruction, we took to the streets. We marched to give women the right to vote and work, and to give queers the right to marry and bodily autonomy. And now, as a fascist traitor tries to undo all of that, we are called upon to uphold the tradition of our forefathers. To sweat, bleed, cry and die, until we live up to that pledge of liberty and justice for all.
Right? Reading about European history, and that shit goes back to year 0 or further. Read American history, and it starts in the late 1400s… And that ought to tell you something real important right there.
I get the point your making, but American history goes back much further once you count the Natives; which admittedly my last comment also fucks up with
Its still frustrating though. Doubly so when you consider what American history actually is. Yes, we were started by colonizers and slavers. We also fought a war to throw off the British crown, fought a war to defeat those slavers and eventually brought abolition. And when they weaseled their way out of Reconstruction, we took to the streets. We marched to give women the right to vote and work, and to give queers the right to marry and bodily autonomy. And now, as a fascist traitor tries to undo all of that, we are called upon to uphold the tradition of our forefathers. To sweat, bleed, cry and die, until we live up to that pledge of liberty and justice for all.
Right? Reading about European history, and that shit goes back to year 0 or further. Read American history, and it starts in the late 1400s… And that ought to tell you something real important right there.
I get the point your making, but American history goes back much further once you count the Natives; which admittedly my last comment also fucks up with