Ricky’s style and attitude make for some “easy listening”, and if it wasn’t necessarily “hard-hitting truth” at least it wasn’t a “hard-hitting disinfo fire hose”. And I don’t mean to drag the discussion away, but Alex mentioned a few things regarding Civil War history on which I thought I could offer a few little-known items for adventurous intellects. If you’re satisfied with the “North = good, South = bad” narrative and don’t think you’ve ever been deceived by the mainstream, you should probably scroll away. For the remaining….
Frederick Douglass was a propagandist, paid to sell the idea that the war was about ending slavery. How would we know that? Check out this speech:
(1864) Frederick Douglass “The Mission Of The War”. In it, he hammers home the point that everyone knew the war was about ending slavery.
But hold the phone—this was in 1864, three years into the war. Why would he need to tell them what should have been common knowledge? Why did they think their sons and brothers and husbands were going off to kill other Americans? Well, clearly they did not know that which Freddy was telling them they already knew. And how do you know today what that war was about? Douglass and a long train of others told you what they were instructed to make you believe, or were propagandized themselves into believing along the way.
This is reinforced when you read up on the
Corwin Amendment, with which seemingly very few are familiar. In short, it came very close to giving us permanent slavery in the United States in the time just before the Civil War (which derailed it, ironically). And oh, it came courtesy of the North and mostly Democrats, like Representative Thomas Corwin (Democrat from Ohio) who introduced it, President James Buchanan (Democrat from Pennsylvania) who signed it, and five states (all Northern) which ratified it.
But the story gets stranger because it was introduced to the Senate by William H. Seward of New York, a Republican, who we are told was a “determined opponent of the spread of slavery in the years leading up to the American Civil War”. Curious, eh?
And what did the man from the “Land of Lincoln” have to say? “Just weeks prior to the outbreak of the Civil War, Lincoln sent a letter to each state's governor transmitting the proposed amendment, noting that Buchanan had approved it.” Even curiouser.
There is much (much) more along these lines, but it is cleverly hidden from you by simply not bringing it to your attention. And that’s just the “mainstream” stuff. Any shot at true (at least “truthier”) history is much harder to come by, but when you do it is far more fascinating. As an example and since he was mentioned by name, let me give you this:
How I Know the Hanging of John Brown was Fake.
Finally, as Alex brought up the Civil War in the context of good vs. evil, I would propose as evil those who engineered a calamitous war of fraternal aggression, then painted it as virtuous, and then perpetuated their deception to this very day. Evil, and quite dangerous.
