Today I learned there was no "Reconstruction" ... there was deliberate, systematic anti-construction, and the Reconstruction Era is a lie. Sure, like most history is filtered and we're only piecing scraps together, but this is bigger. This goes back to the founding of our basic laws: the Constizzitution. When people say something is unconstitutional, it doesn't hold logically cuz slavery is constitutional. You can't start out with an exception. Our Constitution is unconstitutional. It's states rights and power concerns all the way til it got amended and amended. It remains imperfect, yet with enough heart to keep idealism alive and legitimate. Today I also learned more about what it means to be a man. I digested yesterday's event: John Hope Franklin speaks the truth as naturally as breathing. He rocked the house last night up in the Montpelier Room on the 6th floor of the James Madison Building. Yes it was nice to see large framed paintings of Jemmy & Dolley cuz I am a dork, but it was way sweeter to hear one of the great Americans of the 20th Century speak ... and see him smile. The place was standing room only and everyone was touched. He knows the big secrets and he demands those who learn them SPEAK. He also said the reason we're sinking is cuz as a people we do not actually care about history. Give it up to the mighty Dr. John Hope Franklin.
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