Thank you, Sunny. I may have overreacted. Perhaps because there are many people in this country that would like for me to feel guilty for being white and I am sick of it. Not you, mind you, your article was sensitive and eloquent, as was your response to me. My point was not to critlcize but to make your readers aware that ALL of America didn't have slaves. That's all. I am thankful we can speak freely. God bless you, too!
Thank you so much for this gracious reply. I can see why you'd feel that way, and I'm grateful you felt free to share it. I often get taunted for my conservative leanings. Your point about the North is an important part of the story that deserves to be told alongside the rest. No hard feelings at all; conversations like this are exactly why I would like to write. God bless you too, and thank you for engaging so thoughtfully!
I enjoyed your perspective on America. I believe the founders of our country wrote the Declaration under Divine guidance. Despite all her flaws, Ameeica has impacted the world with the principles you describe.
One part of your discourse disturbed me a little, though, since I am from Pennsylvania. Northern states did not have slaves, so all of America did not support slavery. In fact, many people from the North died to abolish it altogether, and many others from both the North and South risked their lives to free slaves by running the Underground Railroad. Of course many Southerners died trying to keep slavery and even wanted to break away from the U.S. forming an independent Confederency. The North won this war, however, so slavery should not be a stain on the flag of the Union. The Confederate flag has been reduced to a sad joke. So, I wince when people try to judge America for having slaves. People who hate America are always bringing slavery up, trying to guilt us into giving up our identity, but America, as a whole, does not need to feel guilty.
I think you may have been influenced by the rhetoric. Maybe.
Hope you had a wonderful America 250 Fourth of July weekend! Thank you for reading so closely and sharing your thoughts. A few clarifications:
My article is an audit of America since its founding, and most of it celebrates the nation's greatness and God's providence. Slavery came up very briefly in few words in the passing, not as the essay's focus in the overall assessment of this great nation.
I wasn't swayed by rhetoric. If I had been, I would have written at length about it, rather than mentioning it only briefly. That said, it is so right to honor the North: the soldiers who died to end slavery and the men and women of the Underground Railroad.
My only point was that America proclaimed equality while slavery continued for decades, until Americans themselves ended it. Naming that isn't guilt; it's honesty, and it's what makes the North's victory so worth celebrating as they fought and sacrificed for a noble cause.
So I think we agree more than not. Loving this country means telling her whole story, the struggles and the triumphs together. Blessings to you!
Thank you, Sunny. I may have overreacted. Perhaps because there are many people in this country that would like for me to feel guilty for being white and I am sick of it. Not you, mind you, your article was sensitive and eloquent, as was your response to me. My point was not to critlcize but to make your readers aware that ALL of America didn't have slaves. That's all. I am thankful we can speak freely. God bless you, too!
Thank you so much for this gracious reply. I can see why you'd feel that way, and I'm grateful you felt free to share it. I often get taunted for my conservative leanings. Your point about the North is an important part of the story that deserves to be told alongside the rest. No hard feelings at all; conversations like this are exactly why I would like to write. God bless you too, and thank you for engaging so thoughtfully!
Hello Sunny.
I enjoyed your perspective on America. I believe the founders of our country wrote the Declaration under Divine guidance. Despite all her flaws, Ameeica has impacted the world with the principles you describe.
One part of your discourse disturbed me a little, though, since I am from Pennsylvania. Northern states did not have slaves, so all of America did not support slavery. In fact, many people from the North died to abolish it altogether, and many others from both the North and South risked their lives to free slaves by running the Underground Railroad. Of course many Southerners died trying to keep slavery and even wanted to break away from the U.S. forming an independent Confederency. The North won this war, however, so slavery should not be a stain on the flag of the Union. The Confederate flag has been reduced to a sad joke. So, I wince when people try to judge America for having slaves. People who hate America are always bringing slavery up, trying to guilt us into giving up our identity, but America, as a whole, does not need to feel guilty.
I think you may have been influenced by the rhetoric. Maybe.
Hope you had a wonderful America 250 Fourth of July weekend! Thank you for reading so closely and sharing your thoughts. A few clarifications:
My article is an audit of America since its founding, and most of it celebrates the nation's greatness and God's providence. Slavery came up very briefly in few words in the passing, not as the essay's focus in the overall assessment of this great nation.
I wasn't swayed by rhetoric. If I had been, I would have written at length about it, rather than mentioning it only briefly. That said, it is so right to honor the North: the soldiers who died to end slavery and the men and women of the Underground Railroad.
My only point was that America proclaimed equality while slavery continued for decades, until Americans themselves ended it. Naming that isn't guilt; it's honesty, and it's what makes the North's victory so worth celebrating as they fought and sacrificed for a noble cause.
So I think we agree more than not. Loving this country means telling her whole story, the struggles and the triumphs together. Blessings to you!