Revisionist History – Blue Cereal Education

MLK’s “I’m Living The Dream” Speech

Blue Cereal — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 14:54:35 +0000

Five score years ago, a great Republican (let’s not ever forget he was a Republican) signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This largely symbolic decree verified the great beacon of hope already guiding millions of Negro slaves who had been freed by the fire of American greatness. It came as a joyous reminder of their long flight from their REAL captivity (which started in Africa - let’s not ever forget that slavery started IN Africa) to the glorious shores of America.

But 100 years later, the Negro is even more free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is far better than the manacles of tribalism and the chains of paganism. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a prosperous continent in the midst of a vast ocean of freedom and prosperity… And so we’ve come here today to celebrate our ever-improving condition.

Marco Polo History

Blue Cereal — Sun, 10 Jun 2018 13:22:25 +0000

I have not told half of what I saw. (Marco Polo on his death bed, when encouraged to retract some of his crazy stories before facing judgement) It’s unlikely that Polo actually observed firsthand everything he claimed… (Every Polo biographer since then) I’ve been watching Marco Polo on Netflix. The series didn’t last long – … Continue reading

Liar, Liar, Twitterpants on Fire (A Little Knowledge Is A Dangerous Thing, Part Three)

Blue Cereal — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 03:52:06 +0000

And then the South began writing the history of the war and the events which led to it. The war they’d lost. The one fought over a variety of issues, but in which slavery and its continuation were central and essential as defined by the South in the very documents they issued to justify their cause. Only suddenly the war hadn’t been about slavery at all. In fact, the South was collectively rather wounded at the suggestion! Slavery?! You think – you think this was about SLAVERY? Imagine what'd they'd have rewritten if they'd WON?