Bob Gorrell for February 08, 2023

This strip has the Ron Desantis seal of approval.

WOW! (jaw dropped). Pretty blatant, there, Mr. Gorrell.

Is bob saying slavery in America never happened?

GOP, rejecting reality on a regular basis.

Historical argument is a process. An argument is presented, facts/primary sources used to justify that argument are verified or found to be in error. Counterargument(s) are presented and go through the same process. Adjustments are made (or not) and the process continues. That is why prompts like “examine and analyze…”, “to what extent…?” are common when assessing students’ understanding of history.

EVERY generation assesses “history” through their own lens. The “1619 Project” is no different. THAT is what should be made clear to students who are learning ANY history.

Bob Gorrell gets it right more than occasionally.

You know, Mr. Gorrell, when I was growing up, saying that someone came over on the Mayflower meant they had a PEDIGREE. They were REALLY American, right down to the roots.

Black people were here BEFORE the Mayflower.

Chew on that.

I actually have read the 1619 Project. While much is accurate, there are factual errors, the biggest one saying that the Revoluntary War was in any way fought to preserve slavery. Another was conflating the more extreme antebellum slavery practices with generally less harsh ones that prevailed in the 1600s. The viewpoint of 1619 is important and valid, I wish the attention to facts had also been.

How is it fake?

UP History, revised version by the thieves of US education funds

Have you read the book Bob? I have. Share with me one “fake” idea contained inn it.

Magas and trumpers and desanters love to trash anyone not white, heterosexual, christian men. Pathetic conservatives. They might have their “day” but it most certainly won’t last a full 24 hours.

Full on racist cartoon. Not even trying to hide who you really are anymore. Shame on you.

Peter Wood’s book, 1620: A Critical Response to the 1619 Project, debunks a number of mistruths in the 1619 project. As a serious historian, he identifies the false narrative conjured out of racial grievance. I appreciate the attempt to set history straight, but it needs to be done accurately and factually without the modern prejudices driving the WOKE culture of today.

Read Caste by Isabel Wilkerson.

That’s gonna take an awful lot of whitewash.

No just the truth, the 1619 Project is totally fabricated crap.

Of course, the American colonies weren’t founded to enhance slavery. To get ahead (Virginia colony) or religious freedom (Pilgrims). Brits didn’t end slavery until 1833. With the exception of the East India Company. Which held slaves until 1838, I believe. Brits had no reason to end it as they were making money hand over fist for decades,

“These who deny history are determined to repeat it”

- Bob ‘Gory’ Gorrell

It MUST be fake— WE’RE not like that, REALLY! And, of course, neither were our ancestors-not-so-long-removed! Of COURSE not! grnnnnnnn.

It was created to get the reader to think of things from a different point of view. Is that scary to you?

No just the seal of truth

Not sure if this cartoon is fake or real.

The reaction of the Right to the 1619 Project shows a that there is a kernel of truth in it’s thesis that Slavery, particularly the kind practiced against Africans, had a huge impact on the development of the 13 Colonies and the founding of our country. Of course there are inaccuracies in the 1619 Project, all histories have them. The only people who know the truth of history are those who lived it, and they are dead. But the criticisms and calls for banning it shows it struck a nerve.

Slave labor built a large part of the original 13 colonies. Slave labor was responsible for the fortunes of many early Americans, including many of our Founding Fathers. The irony of people writing that all men are created equal and complaining about tyranny while they owned people can not be lost on the critics of this work. “Give me liberty or give me death” thundered Patrick Henry, who owned 67 slaves. (In his defense, he believed slavery was evil, but a necessity and fought for it’s abolition – yet he owned 67 of them, so…). Our capitol was built with slave labor. Much of the agriculture that made us prosperous was built and run by slave labor, and not just in the south. Our country has a large debt owed to the slaves who helped us to where we are now.

There is no harm in learning about this. There is no harm in learning about the genocide Europeans committed against the Native peoples who were here before us. If that makes little white children feel guilty then good. It shows they are not sociopaths. Maybe it will lead them to build a world that is more just than the one they inheriting from us. I don’t see how that is a bad thing.

The only thing fake is this cartoon.