re: Spurs rookie Lonnie Walker: ‘Will never celebrate 4th of July. Know your history’

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That is all I have said. We should simply remember history, and not forget the negative parts of history simply because it was evil and paints a bad picture for our country's history.

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No one is saying forget the bad parts, but there's this stupid segment of the American population today that wants to act like the U.S. is the root of all evil that there's ever been in the world. Its like no one cares what happened before the formation of the U.S. colonies. These people think every ill of today's world can be traced back to the U.S..

Its stupid and idiotic. There were hundreds and hundreds of years of horrible societies that existed LONNGGGGG before the U.S. existed. Most societies that have existed have been ruled by despots and monarchs.

Does anyone blame anything that happened before the U.S.? Mostly no.

Does anyone of these individuals care that the U.S. has done more good in the world than any nation before it? No.


No one is dumb enough to think the U.S. has been completely perfect, but no one should be dumb enough to think its some great evil in the world either and in fact its better than almost every country thats ever existed. Humanity and especially Americans should at least appreciate what they have and they're going to regret the day its no longer there.



And lets be clear, a lot of this anti-American sentiment has been pushed forth at many American universities and its carried into some political ideologies...which even furthers peoples beliefs the U.S. is some evil force.