re: So....recently I learned why "Remember the Alamo" is so important

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I like to mess with my hardcore Texan friends by reminding them that there must proud state memory was a moral victory

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like Bunker Hill?

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but teach about MLK and omg time to ban books.

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They were teaching MLK when I was a kid don’t be disingenuous.

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CNN's Sesame Street town hall on racism

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Lol

You’re a race baiting loser .

Revolutionary war - fought for freedom, against England. Skin color of opposition irrelevant .

War between the States - another war for independence. Skin color of other side irrelevant.

WW1, WW2, again the color of skin irrelevant .

You can fight for a cause & have it just be about the cause.


Good grief the Left are soft.

I am proud 7th generation Texan. My family fought in many of the major battles of the Texas Revolution, including the Grass Fight and San Jacinto. They also occasionally fought the Comanche. But your post is far from being accurate.

The Comanche were a part of the reason that the government of the Viceroyalty of New Spain initially started the empresario system (and that the new nation of Mexico continued it after the Mexican War of Independence), but certainly not the only reason. Among other things, Texas was inhospitable, by Mexican standards. No one wanted to move there..

The Comanches did not reach the height of their power until long after the Republic of Texas was established in 1836, and they were not pacified until the 1870s. The early settlers certainly did not “annihilate” the Comanche before the Texas Revolution.

95% of the immigrants DID NOT settle on land in the Comanche region, butvrather to its southeast, though some of the land grants did extend into that region. For the most part, those northwestern colonies failed due to the Comanche.

American settlers did not revolt over purported land seizures. They revolted primarily in response to revocation of Mexico’s 1824 constitution, which replaced a federal system with a unitary state based in Mexico City. Under the old system, the Mexican states (including Coahuila y Tejas) had significant autonomy (much like US states). Under the new system, they did not (think France).

Yes, the federal system (under which the empresarios settled Texas) did allow Texas to have chattel slavery, and the new unitary system prohibited chattel slavery. Yes, that change was PART of the Texian opposition to the new unitary system, because the vast majority of immigrants were Southerners.

But Texans were originally not even seeking independence. They were seeking restoration of the 1824 constitution, along with residents of a number of other Mexican states. Those other revolts are referenced in earlier posts. A flag honoring that Constitution flew over the Alamo, along with a second flag (representing Coahuila y Tejas).




Texas did not declare her independence until after the Siege of the Alamo had already started.

The downvote was probably for not showing a picture of the wifey.

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Your side is literally crying about history. You don't want white kids feeling offended by slavery.

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So your goal in life is make sure the todays white kids are offended and made to feel guilty about something they had nothing to do with? Really?

I suppose that I was not clear. You said that the Tejano‘s “hated Santa Anna.“

I think everyone recognizes that Tejanos fought for Texas and that they disliked the move to a unitary government and away from federalism.

I have never seen or read anything to the effect that these Tejanos had a particular, personal dislike for General Santa Anna.

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I have never seen or read anything to the effect that these Tejanos had a particular, personal dislike for General Santa Anna.

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But did you ever think they might?

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Wow. The most wrong thing posted today.

What actually happened:

-Mexico was getting it's shite pushed in by the Comanche.

-They wanted to get the Americans to help fight them

-They granted huge land deals to Americans in Comanche areas.

-Comanches attacked new settlers

-Americans responded by annihilating Comanches

-With Comanche neutralized, Mexico wanted land back

-Passed taxes and ridiculous laws to only apply to Americans

-Outright seized some land

-Americans revolted.

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Good job, but Mexico had also permitted slavery in Texas to get Americans to move there, so to say Santa Ana was there to end slavery is a lie.