You aren't the only one whose ancestors were abused. A number of groups were. And yet, you and I, and everyone else here have it so much easier now because of their sacrifices and struggles to live free. You have never been a slave. I have never been mobbed and k!l led for my beliefs. Others here haven't been slaughtered simply because someone else wanted their land, or put in camps and gassed.
While we are the products of our heritage, we are not our ancestors. To wear their pain on our sleeves is to ignore what they dreamed of for their children and grandchildren. It's a slap in the face of their dignity. Keeping alive the h@te that they endured is sick, destructive and would surely have them turning in their graves.
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