A Past That Never Was

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Today's Topic: Speaking The Truth

But first, let me credit today's featured music: Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) by Marvin Gaye.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you take what I say as food for thought.

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On April 9, 1865, after allowing the General-in-Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States, Robert E. Lee, to surrender with honor, Ulysses S. Grant, General of the Army of the United States, left Appomattox courthouse under the mistaken belief that the War Between the States was over. Lee, however, knew better. Although he would not participate further, Lee knew the Southern states would never quit. And they haven't!

From the lie of the "Lost Cause" to the oppression of "Jim Crow" laws, to attempting to revise history, to impeding social progress, the Southern states, their right-wing nationalists and evangelical Christian allies, mired in a past that never was, have continued to fight the Civil War. And, unfortunately, have been winning it!

Offering nothing to future generations, their only tender is the past. A time when, according to them, all was well in America. All was in order. When white people were in charge. However, they don't mention that. And truth be told, all wasn't well for everyone. For example, until the 1828 presidential election, only property-holding white males could vote. White males without property, white women, and slaves, could not!

Consumed by the fear of losing control of what they no longer control. And their longing for a time in an idyllic past that never was, right-wing conservative Republicans would rather destroy America than share it with all its citizens. Yet, they claim to love America. And call themselves… patriots!

But even now, after four years of lies, political corruption, increased racial violence, and an attempted coup based on his lies about the election, they want to return Donald Trump, the most divisive president in modern history, to office. Why? Because he promised to make America great again. Which is nothing more than a euphemism for returning America to White control. Patriots? Not likely!

From the present, we build toward the future. And we remember the past as it really was. Lest we repeat it. Forward, America. Not backward. Forward!

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