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dflprincess

(29,087 posts) Mon Nov 17, 2025, 08:57 PM 4 hrs ago

Ken Burns "American Revolution" discussing Washington's slave owning

I can hear the right wing heads now - if any of them can find PBS on their TVs.

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Ken Burns "American Revolution" discussing Washington's slave owning (Original Post) dflprincess 4 hrs ago OP

This is so well.done JustAnotherGen 4 hrs ago #1

I'm glad he's portraying the founders as the miscreants that they were. BannonsLiver 4 hrs ago #2

We are watching it now Tree Lady 3 hrs ago #3

I'd hope that Burns respected Temporal historical relativism... WarGamer 3 hrs ago #4

There are certain truths that transcend time. DemocratSinceBirth 2 hrs ago #7

He's presenting facts that have been ignored for a long time nt dflprincess 2 hrs ago #8

Like my husband says Tree Lady 2 hrs ago #9

My thought was the right wingers are gonna hate this. CanonRay 2 hrs ago #5

Hey, anyone know, what time do they repeat tonight? (early AM) Jack Valentino 2 hrs ago #6

I thought it was tv only Tree Lady 2 hrs ago #10

My TV guide says moondust 2 hrs ago #11

The slavery mentions moondust 1 hr ago #12

JustAnotherGen

(37,384 posts)

1. This is so well.done

Reply to dflprincess (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 09:12 PM

4 hrs ago

BannonsLiver

(20,109 posts)

2. I'm glad he's portraying the founders as the miscreants that they were.

Reply to dflprincess (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 09:13 PM

4 hrs ago

Our education system basically deifies them, which is ridiculous.

Tree Lady

(12,914 posts)

3. We are watching it now

Reply to dflprincess (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 09:43 PM

3 hrs ago

Talking about how George Washington was another rich guy who wanted his slaves, yet talked about uniting the country, white people of course. Only let blacks rejoin his army after the British offered them freedom to fight against the rebels.

WarGamer

(18,125 posts)

4. I'd hope that Burns respected Temporal historical relativism...

Reply to Tree Lady (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 09:45 PM

3 hrs ago

DemocratSinceBirth

(101,507 posts)

7. There are certain truths that transcend time.

Reply to WarGamer (Reply #4)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 10:34 PM

2 hrs ago

dflprincess

(29,087 posts)

8. He's presenting facts that have been ignored for a long time nt

Reply to WarGamer (Reply #4)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 10:40 PM

2 hrs ago

Tree Lady

(12,914 posts)

9. Like my husband says

Reply to dflprincess (Reply #8)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 10:51 PM

2 hrs ago

He states the facts without opinion and lets it sit there.

CanonRay

(15,816 posts)

5. My thought was the right wingers are gonna hate this.

Reply to dflprincess (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 10:30 PM

2 hrs ago

Jack Valentino

(4,048 posts)

6. Hey, anyone know, what time do they repeat tonight? (early AM)

Reply to dflprincess (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 10:33 PM

2 hrs ago

I noticed it seemed they did late last night, but I don't know when that started....

Tree Lady

(12,914 posts)

10. I thought it was tv only

Reply to Jack Valentino (Reply #6)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 10:53 PM

2 hrs ago

But pbs app has the whole series for free for a month so we were able to watch episode 2 early tonight. I was falling asleep watching it live last night.

moondust

(21,138 posts)

11. My TV guide says

Reply to Jack Valentino (Reply #6)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 11:08 PM

2 hrs ago

3 a.m. ET.

moondust

(21,138 posts)

12. The slavery mentions

Reply to dflprincess (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 11:18 PM

1 hr ago

are quite interesting. In the first episode Sunday night I believe it was a black woman historian who commented that the slave owners knew it was wrong but they didn't stop. I've always had some reservations about the Founding Fathers because so many were slavers.

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