American Exceptionalism

I was reading some comments on YouTube, in a Howard Zinn post. It was on American Exceptionalism. In the comments, someone posted, "I hope someday the world can read a true history of America." I have studied America. There was a quirp in Howard Zinn's statement, saying something to the effect, "The residents of Massachusetts, where the mayor at that time called it a city on a hill, went out and massacred the Pequot Indians." I've studied the major Indian wars. All of them. There was no colonists going out and massacring Indians. There were, for all intents and purposes, territorial disputes between tribes and colonists and Europeans, where all the factions would war among one another. There were probably Indian allies in the Massachusetts ranks. There were probably casualties on both sides. There were probably equally massacres committed by the Pequot Indians which led to the Colonists going out and attacking them.

As, every Indian War went through this sequence of events. The Colonists would impede on Indian Territory, or have some economic sanction. The Indians would get pissed, and start killing Europeans. Then, the Europeans with their superior firepower would destroy the Indians. And, for all intents and purposes, war would happen, which in every war in history there is collateral damage. One would have to be against war in totality---even to ridiculous degrees---to censure the Indian Wars. Or, to believe they were somehow innocent. As, often, their response to theft was murder. And that is not justice. Rather, that is a felony being committed over a misdemeanor.

With that being said, Howard Zinn was wrong. America is exceptional. But, there is one thing I will agree with him on. We have to be critical of our government. Otherwise, we will never know where we're failing, and never be able to build a better nation for the future. As what he said happened; a catastrophe, man made through the mismanagement of human resources, has occurred, where America lost her exceptionalism because she lost her freedom.

However, if one wants a true history of America, I will work on it. I will tell the truth, to the best of my ability. And it will be obvious that Americans were in the right throughout most of history, up until about the era of Vietnam. Which, will not be surprising to me, because at about that era was the inducement of Free Love, Drug Abuse and Disobedience to Parents. And, it started the cycle of generational decline found in the Proverbs. To which, Gen Z are the generation that oppresses the poor, which in their unguided attempt to fix the problem, has only turned many to poverty and brought war to the streets of America. America is failing.



Neifert, B. K.. The American Mythology, Book I. Kindle Direct Publishing, 2021. Text.

Various Translators. King James Authorized Bible. Proverbs 30: 11 - 14. Bible Gateway. https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?qs_version=KJV&quicksearch=generation&begin=24&end=24. Web.

Zinn, Howard. "The Myth of American Exceptionalism." MIT, 2005. YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6ym9B6I3UM. 2/17/22. Web.