
I have written countless times before that the ignorant may be considered 'blissful', but that doesn't stop them from being completely useless morons.
I have thus, to prove the importance of understanding history, given as an example the fact that Abraham Lincoln was not only a hardcore "racist" (within the context of modern American understanding), but that he also considered the concept of 'racial equality' to be an utterly ridiculous sham (he actually argued this on a presidential debate). Nonetheless, because of the self inflicting stupidity of the masses, our Media continues to utilize said President as a symbol of something that never happened (and even compare Mr. Obama to him!). But just a superficial look into the history of the Civil War demonstrates WITHOUT A DOUBT that said war was NOT fought for the abolition of slavery but over the issue of State rights and economic liberty.
We also face the same reality when we study the Civil Rights movement, which in fact had no direct responsibility for desegregation in the south. If you would like to thank anybody, please send a gift to the Federal Supreme Court and then specifically target the most ardent capitalists and Darwinists on the bench (if you could back in time, specifically congratulate Justice Black, a former member of the Ku Klux Klan who was instrumental in these changes), all of whom utilized ECONOMIC/CAPITALIST arguments to apply the Commerce Clause in our Constitution in a way that would allow customers "of all races and creeds" to purchase products wherever they went (the true motivator behind racial integration).
Today, some Media sources are starting to foam at the mouth at "suddenly finding out" that Mr. Gandhi was not only a far cry from the Liberal fiction that many of them have eulogized, but was in fact an admirer of Hitler, a 'hater' of both the Black and Jewish race, and an advocate of reestablishing a strict caste system around the world.
Here are some of his own personal quotes, which I have mentioned before, but that are conveniently ignored by our local Liberals (
SOURCE):
During his early civil disobedience in South Africa, Gandhi, the authors say, made it clear he was not fighting for a colorblind society, but one that would be dominated by whites and Indians at the expense of blacks: "Ours is on continual struggle against a degradation sought to be inflicted upon us by the Europeans, who desire to degrade us to the level of the raw Kaffir whose occupation is hunting, and whose sole ambition is to collect a certain number of cattle to buy a wife with and, then, pass his life of indolence and nakedness." "Kaffir" is a pejorative South African term for blacks, equivalent to the "n" word in America.
* "We believe as much in the purity of race as we think they do. … We believe also that the white race of South Africa should be the predominating race."
* In a letter to Hitler in 1941, Gandhi wrote: "Nor do I believe that you are the monster described by your opponents."
* "Hitler killed 5 million Jews. … But the Jews should have offered themselves to the butcher's knife. They should have thrown themselves into the sea from cliffs."
* Regarding Washington, he wrote: "I do not hesitate to say that it is highly unlikely that had I lived as (his contemporary), I would have called (him) a misguided patriot."
Should anybody be surprised that the Mainstream Media willfully keeps most Americans ignorant of basic historic truths? What is so inconvenient about reality?
If Liberals wish to have any heroes, they are necessarily forced to mold real ones into themselves, since most individuals who hold said beliefs tend to be quite spineless and cowardly. A man like Gandhi sounds like a tough guy to them, except that in truth he doesn't ideologically belong to them, but to the ultra conservative right (an irony that I find quite humorous). This same principle applies to almost all of their heroes, including Martin Luther King, Jr., who was in fact a social conservative and a Republican (a leftist combination which was still not common at the time).
But the truth is more important than comfort, and knowing everything about eulogized historical characters is not only our duty, it is highly convenient when you wish to remove the veil of lies that you are fed on a daily basis.
When someone tells you that we should emulate somebody, look closely into all of their work. And if you have to admit that somebody that doesn't quite agree with you is admirable, do so with full knowledge and without the need to make them into something they are not.