Revisionist History The Slaves in America Had The Good Life.

The other day I noticed some people on face book were using Senator John Kyle's facts about Planned Parenthood. He had stated that 97% of what they did were abortions. When he was called out on the fact that actually 97% of what they did was health screening, birth control counseling and education, he and his staff had to walk back his statements, by saying he did not mean for this to be factual. This group on face book then used the first statement as fact and either chose to ignore the second part or just did not care enough to hear the back tracking by Kyle's office. I pointed this out to them and since then we have been involved in this back and forth as they try to rewrite and relive the Civil War, slavery and the role of the Klan. I will not sit back and listen to other people use here say and complete untruths, just so they can attempt to persuade others to think like they do. I stated in my face book response, just because you keep repeating the same lie over and over again, it does not make it true. We started with PP and because I stated that their were good people in both political parties, I said look at what Lincoln and the Republicans did for the slaves. They have stated that yes slavery was horrible, but that the slave owners treated the slaves, for the most part very well. As fewer new slaves were brought in the U.S., because it was made illegal to import them in 1808, the plantation owners did take better care of their property, as a business decision. Well is this not great for the slaves. They are someones property and just like today we change the oil in our cars to keep them running better and longer, these wonderful plantation owners stopped beating and mistreating slaves so the could live longer and work harder. They also think that slavery had no part in the Civil War. I have stated that yes states rights and the preservation of the union was the reason used, but remember the Southern states were concerned that Lincoln, even though he had stated that slavery would not be completely abolished, they seceded to maintain their states rights to slavery. So we have the facts from them that slavery, though horrible, was not as bad as depicted by us Northerners and the slaves were happy and content. We have the point that slavery was a none issue in the Civil War. They have also stated that slavery ended before the Civil War. I want to see that one proven in a book. Lastly in the parts that are completely out there, the KKK was initially a gentleman's group that was helping women and children. The Klan was started for no other reason then to keep blacks in their place and they used terrorism and intimidation to accomplish this, This just scratches the surface of the inaccuracies they are stating. I have invited them to come on the blog and we can talk further about their views of American history and what is factual. Hopefully they will. I invite any of you to join in with your knowledge and opinion on this. Meanwhile I will, be discussing more of my posts with them over the next couple of days.