A disrespect for history

This week's been full of news about confederate monuments and what they stand for, so being a history major (with a focus on the War Between the States) I've decided to throw my 2 cents in about the whole ordeal.

I'm shocked and disappointed over the amount of stupidity that's within or country when it comes to history. It seems more and more evident that 98% of Americans have no clue when it comes to the subject.

So the South for for slavery huh? Please tell me how that is true when only 6% of the population in the south owned slaves? Was everyone fighting for the rich folks? My ancestor certainly wasn't. 

An excellent book (available on Amazon) that everyone should familiarize themselves with it the Kennedy brothers book "The South Was Right" which examines the REAL reason the South took arms against the North in the first place.

For years I've been told how Rap Music and Video Games are responsible for violence in America. Now I'm being told a flag is responsible. What. Ever. The ignorant people within the KKK who wave that flag have no knowledge of it's prior history either. They disrespect the foundation of what it stood for.

Wanna know what flag flew on top of those slave ships when they came to America?

It was ours. The US flag. Now let's see who all wants to ban it from flying in our cemeteries and places of government.

Ignorance of one's history leads to ignorant people doing ignorant things. Stop listening to what others are saying and study the subject yourself. You'll find the truth differs vastly.