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I agree that lebell is whitewashing history.
I'll choose just one of his examples, a personal favorite no less:
Columbus came to America by accident and ended up enslaving and killing untold numbers of human beings. Italians celebrate Columbus for "discovering" America. Neo-nazi's celebrate Hitler for discovering racial superiority. Now, you could justify the celebration of Columbus by stating that back in the 1400's, it was normal and acceptable to enslave and murder human beings if they didn't look and act like you. But if we start using that method of justification, ANYTHING in history can be justified, excused and finally dismissed as irrelevent.
It is for the express reason that there continue to be people who believe it is acceptable to whitewash history by claiming that their personal judgement of normality in the scope of history is the best means of judging history, as you have done (Columbus = worthy of celebration, Hitler = unworthy of celebration, so speaketh lebell), that there will and should continue to be people who bring up the reality of history.
For years and years, schools did not teach the reality that Columbus was an asshole. Progressively, that information has been brought into schooling. Now, by claiming the American Indian Movement needs to "let go of the hurt from the past", you are suggesting that this information about Columbus should no longer be provided while the information worthy of celebration should.
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