Every time they say “violence has no place in America,” I have to laugh. This nation was built through invasion, slavery, and state force. Violence isn’t an exception here — it’s the blueprint. Stop recycling the myth and face the record. #AmericanOrigins #TruthOverMyth
Burns shows the rupture with Britain, but not the price: enslaved Africans betting on whichever side might offer freedom, Native nations fighting to survive two empires at once. Independence for some meant catastrophe for others. #RevolutionForWho #AmericanOrigins
Hannah Winthrop’s letters make Boston feel alive — fear, hunger, occupation, all of it. But Burns lets her frame the awakening while skipping the voices who named the hypocrisy in real time. Imagine opening with Caesar Sarter instead of Paine. That’s the real Revolution. #AmericanOrigins
Burns should’ve opened with Caesar Sarter, not Paine. A free Black man calling out the hypocrisy of enslavers screaming “liberty” while chaining thousands. Sarter saw the lie early—and said it plain. #HistoryUnmasked #AmericanOrigins
