Who died and made you king?!

First of all, I think Texas should take a chill pill... Of course we are all up to date on the "battle of the past", the whole "revision" of the U.S. history books. But on a side note, who all heard about Texas wanting to detach themselves from the U.S? I know, crazy right?!



Anywho, back to history... Is there anybody who can make a just decision on changing the history books? The conservatives are dead set that they are right, and the liberals are just as stubborn. Personally, I don't see how any extreme is the right choice. Too much to the left or right is really an unhealthy balance. And this game of tug of war is seriously annoying to me. Nobody is ever going to be happy unless their favored side wins. And to win tug of war, the losing side must be pulled on until they hit the ground and then dragged through the mud. That's what these extremists want! To have the other side not only lose, but to drag them in mud, for all to see how "unclean" and wrong they were.


Okay, so yea, our country was based on Christianity. Of course the history books should describe these faithful facts, but to dedicate an entire year of history to dwell on America's Christianity is a little too much. It's more than a little too much actually. Because instead of going to history class, the students will be going to Sunday school... Sunday school should remain on Sunday's in church, not in school. I know some of you are probably saying, well the schools won't be preaching, they will just be "informing". This may be true for a period of time, but eventually those who promote this history revision will be unhappy again. Its a vicious power trip. And like any "trip", people will want more and more of their "drug" to keep them satisfied. So soon enough, the classroom may just as well be a church if this complete revision is to happen.


And I'm not bashing on conservative Christians specifically, I'm just bashing on any power hungry extremist. This goes for the other side of the scale as well. As much as I think introducing minorities and giving light to some unmentioned Americans from the past would be beneficial, I also think too much of it can be equally unhealthy. Lifting up one race above all others is discrimination, I don't care how it is worded. So yes, both the founding principles of Christianity and contributing minorities should be found in America's history books, as balanced as we can get them to be.


Also, while I believe these contributing factors will allow for a more objective viewpoint, I think the idea of deleting historical figures from the texts is asinine. Who cares if a leader in history or even today is conservative or liberal?! Obviously not everybody in the world is going to agree with the actions of any leader. But that is no reason to write them out like they never existed! What? do they think that pretending like they were never there will take away the impact those leaders may have had on our nation? Whether the impacts are good or bad, they are important to our country. They have helped to shape who we are today, and by ignoring the past, the past may just repeat itself. Do you think that the Germans are proud of their Hitler past?! I'm sure a majority of them are not, but they aren't going to pretend like it never happened! Embracing our past and seeing things from all perspectives can be extremely beneficial to our country. Of course reaching a compromise on what to remember from our past may never be reached, but it must be attempted. Candy-coating America will not end sweetly.