re: #122 Mattand

Yeah, but I think his point was that it’s very easy for white people to go on about how all men are created equal because that’s who the Declaration was aimed at.

It’s an uncomfortable thing to hear but this document was written by a man who held other human beings in slavery. If your ancestors were on the slave side of that equation, I imagine it’s almost insulting to have people go “Do we HAVE to mention this?”

I’m proud to be an American. That doesn’t mean I’m going to pretend the bad shit didn’t happen, and I’m not going to get bent out of shape when it’s brought up.

I’m not a bit bent out of shape that it’s brought up. It is brought up in the information I cited. What gets ME bent out of shape is that there were indeed African Americans who made positive contributions during that war - and there is indeed reason for today’s African Americans to celebrate the holiday, unlike Mr. Rock’s implication that there is nothing to celebrate. THAT’s what’s got me bent of out shape. Here is an opportunity for someone in the public eye to present some interesting information, and he doesn’t. I suspect he’s never even really bothered to find out. Isn’t that a shame?