Attorney General Holder said...

I guess we are never allowed to criticize America. Is that right or did I overstate things?

Dr Manning is confronting this very issue. I applaud him:

http://atlah.org/ministries/index.html

This is a ploy that has been successfully used to facilitate America's downfall.

Whats the real kicker and most people don't know is:
American slavery originated in 1654, when Anthony Johnson, one of the original 20 Africans brought to Jamestown (1619) as an indentured servant, convinced the court that he was entitled to the lifetime services of an indentured servant--John Casor; a Negro. Thus, Johnson was the founder of slavery in Virginia and, subsequently, the United States.
According to the federal census of 1830, free blacks in Louisiana, Maryland, south Carolina and Virginia owned more than 10,000 slaves. Black slaveowner William Ellison of Sumter, S.C., derived his major source of income from being a 'slave breeder'.
Professor Edward Smith of American University put it best: 'History is ugly in some ways but if you are to be true to the study of history, then the whole story needs to be told."

Found in an article written by a Black Man.
'Why Confederate history should be celebrated'
Date unknown
Contributed to the Virgina Pilot by Bob Harrison, 37th Texas Cavalry, Company B Re-enactors Virginia Beach..

Why should the history of slavery in the US, much of the history of the Confederacy, be celebrated?

something...That was the title of an Article pointing out the need of keeping the record straight..I'd say that's a good idea!

That is keeping tragic history accurate? I'd say that is a necessity, not something to celebrate.

1. to observe (a day) or commemorate (an event) with ceremonies or festivities: to celebrate Christmas; to celebrate the success of a new play.
2. to make known publicly; proclaim: The newspaper celebrated the end of the war in red headlines.

The history of the South up to the Civil war and even much of it afterwards was horrifically sad because of the power that Whites exercised against Blacks. Regardless of any economic gains, I don't see anything to celebrate.

You can thread the intent of a word anyway you want..it's your game. I'm not interested.

I simply commented on the words of the title:

"Why Confederate history should be celebrated"

I agree that "keeping the record st

I agree that "Keeping the record straight" is important