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In reply to the discussion: I am noticing a lot of full-blown denial over Obama calling torturers "patriots" on DU. [View all]bravenak
(34,648 posts)But we do. We always have. Then we pretend that the torture we used to do was not so bad, like slavery, internment camps, bombing rural villiages with napalm, trail of tears, smallpox blankets, etc. We want to look at ourselves as patriots. The good guys. Look at our electric chair. Torture. Well, sorry to break it to us, but, our 'patriots' that we hold up on pedastals and many that we call founding fathers held humans in slavery and beat and totured them. We are brutal. We always have been. We let these things go on for so many years......
I'd love to rewrite the history books and tell the truth that these patriots were brutal torturers. Like Thomas Jefferson. He tortured slaves. But he is always called a patriot. We see ourselves different than we are as a nation. What are we going to do about our brutal ways? Look at how we treat the least among ourselves if you need a clue as to why we are in this position.