More lies from the hate-America leftist PC establishment directed to
your kids.
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Nickelodeon Tells Kids: Alamo Fought for Slavery
Most Americans believe the 189 Texans who died at the Alamo in 1836
were fighting for independence and liberty, but Nickelodeon, the award
winning television network for children, is telling kids that Davy
Crockett, Jim Bowie and all the rest were actually fighting to defend
slavery.
In a short “Nick News Bump,” currently being broadcast, the kids
network features the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, site of the battle
between a small group of Texans and a large Mexican army under Gen.
Santa Ana, “the Napoleon of the West,” as he described himself. The
Texans, who had taken refuge in the mission known as the Alamo, were
killed in fighting that followed a 13-day seige, and their bodies were
burned. Mexican losses are estimated to have been around 1,600.
The heroic resistance and loss of life made the Alamo the “cradle of
Texas liberty” to most Americans, but that’s not the story Nickelodeon
tells.
A teenage Hispanic girl provides the voice over as she walks in front
of the Alamo:
My name is Salviola. I’m from San Antonio, Texas, and the Alamo is in
my backyard.
In 1718, the mission of San Antonio de la Valero was established. The
church structure is still standing today and it is known as the Alamo.
The battle for the Alamo is often remembered as a rebellion of a small
group of brave Texas farmers fighting against the Mexican army. What
you may not know is that at the time, Texas was part of Mexico.
By the early 1800s, a lot of people living in San Antonio were farmers
who brought their slaves with them. In 1829, Mexico abolished slavery
and what followed was years of conflict between farmers who wanted to
keep their slaves and Mexican authorities. This conflict led up to the
battle for the Alamo.
In the end, Gen. Santa Ana and 5,000 Mexican soldiers surrounded the
Alamo and all the defenders of the mission were killed.
So, when you remember the Alamo, think about the soldiers, the battle
and the true story behind it.
Nickelodeon is not the first to revise the history of the Alamo.
Last year, Disney released “The Alamo” at a cost of $100 million—a
film criticized for its political correctness, as WorldNetDaily
reported.
“The movie reads more like a Disney fairy tale and promotes a
politically correct revisionist agenda aimed at destroying a
traditional American hero,” said B. Forrest Clayton of Freedom
Alliance, who reviewed the script.
Despite several historical witnesses who told of Davy Crockett being
killed fighting, in the thick of combat during the battle, Clayton
noted that Disney portrayed Crockett as a “frightened wanderer” who
wanted to escape “over the wall” in the dark of night during the
historic struggle.
Disney also portrayed Gen. Sam Houston as a “venereal-diseased
drunkard” and Col. William Barret Travis, commander of Texan forces at
the Alamo, as a “deadbeat dad and serial adulterer.”
In addition, charged the Feedom Alliance, Col. James Bowie, the Alamo
defender famous for his knife-fighting skills, was portrayed as a
land-swindling slave trader.
http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2005/05/nickelodeon_tel.php
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