Rewriting history

Recently in the news we have heard a lot about how people have been upset with things that have happened in the past. 

People have been upset because their ancestors were slaves or slaveholders. They have taken offense because the confederate flag has been displayed. 
In Europe there are those who deny that the holocaust and persecution of the Jews ever took place. 

People seem to be uncomfortable with things in the past unless they fit with their ideas of perfection. 
We become so sensitive that movies that depict what is esteemed to even have the slightest hint of what we consider offensive are censored. Yet we watch murder and adulterous behavior and consider that entertaining. 

Who are we to judge what happened in the past? How does this determine our righteousness? 
Can we learn from the past without being so critical? Does this make us better people by being critical of things that have gone on before, which we have no control over? 

Can't we learn without being condemning? 
Brigham Young talked about Offense. One of my favorite quotes is: "He who takes offense when no offense was intended is a fool and he who takes offense when offense was intended is probably a fool."

We have enough things to do in our life to keep the commandments and be kind that we should not worry about what happened in the past and affected others. 

There are two things that Christ taught. Judge not that ye be not judged. And judge righteous judgment. 

Those who are critical of the past are in the bonds of iniquity and the gall of bitterness. Most do not understand what the poet Bobbie Burns has written. O wad some Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us!
It wad frae mony a blunder free us,
An' foolish notion:
What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, An' ev'n devotion!

You may have your own thoughts about things and how they should be, but expressing them to others and especially on social media is ill advised and usually invites discord. 

When I was growing up, we did not have e-mail or social media and the letters to the editor were read by the editor and only those that were proper were published.  Now anyone who has access to the Internet can comment on anything and display their absolute ignorance by expressing whatever they have on their mind.  As Christ said, it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles the man but, that which cometh out.