Virginia taking Robert E. Lee's Monument Down (Page 5): Bless your ❤️ heart!😘...

TexaCan Loc: Homeward Bound!

Milosia2 wrote:

Down south you know they’re all related.

Bless your ❤️ heart!😘

TexaCan Loc: Homeward Bound!

Milosia wrote:

***If you need more evidence of Lee’s personal feelings on enslavement, however, note that when his rebel forces marched into Pennsylvania, they kidnapped black people and sold them into bondage. Contemporaries referred to these kidnappings as “slave hunts.” **
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Where did you get all this “knowledge” on the Civil War?

Milosia

Up north here they teach it in public schools!

Kickaha Loc: Nebraska

Milosia wrote:

Up north here they teach it in public schools!

If it's taught in the public schools, there is no reason to question the information or search for any other data. That's the difference between education now and education years ago. I search old books, ones that were closer to the events because they present a more contemporary view of things. I also like seeing what modern scientific techniques and technology can show of historical events and sites. I've recently read an interesting take on the lives of Civil War soldiers from both sides. The post war years were the golden age of the wild west. Forensic psychologists have posited that there was a lot of PTSD exhibited by the former soldiers. There's evidence of high suicide rates and many of the outlaws were former soldiers. The James Younger gang conducted their robberies in the same manner of military raiders.
Unfortunately, much of history gets ignored because teachers have to put a politically correct spin on events, like discussing the role of the LGBTQ community on the events or trying to put our current morals into a historical setting to tell us how unenlightened they were rather than explaining why their actions were considered to be proper in their era. A good example of this was the right to vote. Back when the Constitution was written, only free men over the age of 21 and owned property could vote. Now we say how unenlightened they were, but they had good reason for this. The age is a bit arbitrary, but they wanted someone to have a level of maturity. (There are some today that haven't matured intellectually in their 40s). We've changed that and lowered it to 18. Women were not thought to have the intellectual capabilities to handle politics. We know there are women who are better qualified than some men. (I shake my head at the women who vote for a candidate because he's cute). Native Americans, blacks, Hispanics, Asians were at one time either not considered citizens or were thought to be racially inferior. (We know there are stupid people from all ethnic backgrounds). A man (now read as person) had to own property. It was a good idea, because it meant a person had a stake in the community.

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

Kickaha wrote:

If it's taught in the public schools, there is no reason to question the information or search for any other data. That's the difference between education now and education years ago. I search old books, ones that were closer to the events because they present a more contemporary view of things. I also like seeing what modern scientific techniques and technology can show of historical events and sites. I've recently read an interesting take on the lives of Civil War soldiers from both sides. The post war years were the golden age of the wild west. Forensic psychologists have posited that there was a lot of PTSD exhibited by the former soldiers. There's evidence of high suicide rates and many of the outlaws were former soldiers. The James Younger gang conducted their robberies in the same manner of military raiders.
Unfortunately, much of history gets ignored because teachers have to put a politically correct spin on events, like discussing the role of the LGBTQ community on the events or trying to put our current morals into a historical setting to tell us how unenlightened they were rather than explaining why their actions were considered to be proper in their era. A good example of this was the right to vote. Back when the Constitution was written, only free men over the age of 21 and owned property could vote. Now we say how unenlightened they were, but they had good reason for this. The age is a bit arbitrary, but they wanted someone to have a level of maturity. (There are some today that haven't matured intellectually in their 40s). We've changed that and lowered it to 18. Women were not thought to have the intellectual capabilities to handle politics. We know there are women who are better qualified than some men. (I shake my head at the women who vote for a candidate because he's cute). Native Americans, blacks, Hispanics, Asians were at one time either not considered citizens or were thought to be racially inferior. (We know there are stupid people from all ethnic backgrounds). A man (now read as person) had to own property. It was a good idea, because it meant a person had a stake in the community.

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Enjoyed reading this post, thank you.

Kickaha Loc: Nebraska

lindajoy wrote:

Enjoyed reading this post, thank you.

Thanks. My dad taught history and civics at Boystown for years. He encouraged me not to accept a single source for information always look for a second or third source, even one from the opposite side of the issue so that I could better better informed on the topic.

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

Kickaha wrote:

Thanks. My dad taught history and civics at Boystown for years. He encouraged me not to accept a single source for information always look for a second or third source, even one from the opposite side of the issue so that I could better better informed on the topic.

It shows and sound advice from your dad.