Heck guys. I'm over 60 and the old saying "Freedom isn't free" applies to the gains of the Civil Rights movement of the 60s as well. The threats today to advances made 50 years ago can't be brushed off just because we might be tired of hearing about them.
It's great to take an event like The Alamo and be inspired by those folks willing to take a stand in a hopeless fight. If you raise your own kids with respect for the past and who the "good guys" are then don't worry.
BTW I had to stop reading the comments sections on any on-line article. Who the heck ARE these people anyway?
Scott,
Your right and I apologize for my comment. And you know what I'm not trying to brush them off brother and maybe I was a little to placid about my mom complaint. I spent a lot of time in the classroom studying civil rights and heard all the stories about migrant working, segregation and "whites only" at the dinner table when I was a kid (mostly from my ma). My parents harbored that **** as they suffered enormous inequalities growing up. But, my pops was a proud man who went from the cotton fields to the Korean War to speaking English like a Northerner to getting a degree. So, he was more of a "boot strapper" than my ma. I guess I get his hard core outlook on life from him, whereby if you do the right things and don't lay around complaining then no matter what your color or creed you will be successful.
As a matter of fact, the "n" word was not allowed in our home or even any other slander against our own race or others. There were no "there was a mexican and a white guy walking.." jokes. Nothing. I have the same rule in my house, but good god did my pops curse both in English and Spanish. I try not to curse man, but it slips. Anyway, I certainly don't want to shrug of the "movement", it changed history as we know it. I guess I am tired of everything coming back to race and when an racial incident happens everyone needs to have a "dialogue" about it. Look man, people are always are going to bring up the ugly...I don't know why but that is where they go first.
Other countries loathe the US and always want to pick on our history like we are the only ones who committed crimes against humanity. Yo, this country was built on slavery, this country was built on migrant workers, this country was/is built on illegal aliens. However, this country was also built on ingenuity, risk, and imagination. And what a country it has turned out to be through the good, the bad and the fugly. So, your right Scott "Freedom is not free" and we have lots of vets buried with honors to prove it. Plus, there are others who served (and died) our country in a different way via marches, protests, and sadly just being victims of the times who have bled dearly for our great Country. I respect them all, but now is the time to move forward in this weird wacky world we live in now and join arm in arm to protect our(s) country from future threats. Because, I believe in my heart of hearts that they are not from with in, but from with out. If we harbor (not forget) the past we will never hope for the future.
I like you Scott and after reading the first comments on that article I was like "wow", tell us how you really feel.
John from Texas
PS: I like your avatar.
