Mercy Not Sacrifice
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Over the last few years, we've seen a huge heap of allegations thrown against Bush, Cheney, and the Republicans in general. It is at this point that I'm supposed to get all riled up and cry bully, foul, or whatever. But even though I have the right to do that, this time, I am going to give in. I'm going to press for "both sides of the story to be told"; whatever the heck that means, I now support it, on one condition: that the very same thing be done when studying history.
History must be more impartial in its coverage of Adolf Hitler. We should stop slandering Nazis as Jew-killers, racists, and war-mongers. We must present the alternative point-of-view that they brought a demoralized nation together, brought unity to a fractionalized region of the world, and had the courage to stand up to those of inferior races.
History must be more impartial in its discussion of Tiananmen Square. We must stop simply talking about the protesters as defenders of democracy, peaceful protestors, and heroes for the cause. Instead, we should deal with another, equally valid perception of this story: these people were dangerous rebels whose actions threatened the fundamental stability of the world's most populous nation, and whatever actions were taken against them were necessary to get the job done and more than justifiable.
History must be more impartial in its coverage of slavery. We need to cease branding the drivers of the slave industry as exploiters, racists, and just plain sick people. People need to understand that they could also be considered intelligent, hard-working contributers to society whose extremely intelligent business practices has application to this day.
History must be more impartial in its coverage of the American Revolution. We need to eliminate this blatant propaganda that our Founding Fathers were heroic, selfless, brilliant people. We have to realize that they were terrorists, rebels against their God-given kings, traitors to the core.
And all of this must be taught in our public schools.
Think it's far-fetched? If you're conservative, and you wonder why on earth talking to liberals feels like running a race designed to make you lose, you might wanna take a hard look at the point I'm getting at: Cries of "bias" mean absolutely nothing. Nada. Jack. Crying "bias" at a news story that you don't like is like the child who cries "Cheater!" when he loses fair-and-square. Well folks, the game is over, and it's time to stop crying "cheater." It's time to accept the cold hard truths that we, the big bad liberals, have been trying to bring to the table for nearly six years now.
I await all the responses stating or implying that this post is biased.
History must be more impartial in its coverage of Adolf Hitler. We should stop slandering Nazis as Jew-killers, racists, and war-mongers. We must present the alternative point-of-view that they brought a demoralized nation together, brought unity to a fractionalized region of the world, and had the courage to stand up to those of inferior races.
History must be more impartial in its discussion of Tiananmen Square. We must stop simply talking about the protesters as defenders of democracy, peaceful protestors, and heroes for the cause. Instead, we should deal with another, equally valid perception of this story: these people were dangerous rebels whose actions threatened the fundamental stability of the world's most populous nation, and whatever actions were taken against them were necessary to get the job done and more than justifiable.
History must be more impartial in its coverage of slavery. We need to cease branding the drivers of the slave industry as exploiters, racists, and just plain sick people. People need to understand that they could also be considered intelligent, hard-working contributers to society whose extremely intelligent business practices has application to this day.
History must be more impartial in its coverage of the American Revolution. We need to eliminate this blatant propaganda that our Founding Fathers were heroic, selfless, brilliant people. We have to realize that they were terrorists, rebels against their God-given kings, traitors to the core.
And all of this must be taught in our public schools.
Think it's far-fetched? If you're conservative, and you wonder why on earth talking to liberals feels like running a race designed to make you lose, you might wanna take a hard look at the point I'm getting at: Cries of "bias" mean absolutely nothing. Nada. Jack. Crying "bias" at a news story that you don't like is like the child who cries "Cheater!" when he loses fair-and-square. Well folks, the game is over, and it's time to stop crying "cheater." It's time to accept the cold hard truths that we, the big bad liberals, have been trying to bring to the table for nearly six years now.
I await all the responses stating or implying that this post is biased.
