Comments by Allen Anderson Most recent public comments by Allen Anderson https://nowcomment.com/users/87439 I wonder what would have happened if we decided to take all of mexico? https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339546 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339546 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 03:02:08 -0800 In my eyes it almost seems like the lives lost to disease were pointless since they did not die in battle as if their lives had no meaning in the end. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339545 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339545 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 03:00:43 -0800 why didn't they try and help to "quell the mutiny". https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339543 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339543 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 02:57:25 -0800 The life of a soldier sounds like one that not many would be able to endure. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339542 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339542 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 02:55:14 -0800 How do people do this? It so wrong, its going beyond orders that are being given to the soldiers with rape and the other wrongs that were being committed. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339541 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339541 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 02:53:20 -0800 I believe there needed to be war laws that would prevent such chaos against women and innocent children. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339540 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339540 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 02:49:37 -0800 I wonder how many in died on either side and how the weapons of both sides could be compared. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339539 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339539 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 02:46:13 -0800 This doesn't make sense to me, it sounds like he is speaking for his nation but that does not sound like what they are really doing when they are killing children and women in a conquest for domination. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339536 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339536 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 02:40:20 -0800 I agree, that was the most messed up part of this, this may have led a seed of hate towards the Americans in many. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339535 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339535 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 02:37:46 -0800 What game the Mexicans the will to keep fighting even though there was little hope to be found for them. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339519 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339519 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 02:33:07 -0800 The Mexicans had begun to rebel but they were quickly silenced. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339517 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339517 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 02:31:23 -0800 They basically said that they would kill their people into extinction if they did not listen. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339515 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339515 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 02:27:19 -0800 Now that they had arrived they began their preparations in changing the land and owning it. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339513 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339513 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 02:23:26 -0800 What does he mean by Asia? https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339512 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339512 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 02:21:13 -0800 I wonder if those who were tossed overboard had died from sickness or were near death when they were tossed. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339510 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339510 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 02:18:56 -0800 Crazy how even though the Mexicans outnumbered the US in soldiers their death count was ten times higher than ours by the end of the war. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339479 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339479 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 02:13:25 -0800 The Mexicans had the advantage in numbers. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339464 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339464 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 02:09:27 -0800 I believe that recruitment began to fall off because people did not support the war and the promises they made were broken after the first soldiers followed through with their part of the deal. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339462 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2339462 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 02:06:49 -0800 These actions earn you loss in trust by the people and can result in devastating events for the countries future. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2330932 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2330932 Thu, 11 Feb 2021 04:36:43 -0800 They realized how wrong and one-sided this war was and did not want to be a part of it. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2330931 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2330931 Thu, 11 Feb 2021 04:34:08 -0800 I was surprised by all the immigrant soldiers that were in our fight against mexico and how their patriotism grew when they decided to fight for mexico? https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2330930 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2330930 Thu, 11 Feb 2021 04:29:35 -0800 They use rhetorical questions to show that what we were doing was pointless and wrong. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2330929 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2330929 Thu, 11 Feb 2021 04:23:26 -0800 These facts rebuttal the idea that the no one was against the war. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2330928 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2330928 Thu, 11 Feb 2021 04:19:52 -0800 It sounds to me that their implying the use of propaganda was used to help suppress people from protesting. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2315340 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2315340 Fri, 05 Feb 2021 05:40:30 -0800 I can understand Frederick's irritation with the oppositions lack of efforts to do what is necessary in their opposition. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2315337 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2315337 Fri, 05 Feb 2021 05:32:35 -0800 Who is the Liberator? https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2315307 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2315307 Fri, 05 Feb 2021 05:28:03 -0800 I believe these views still exist as they are still topics of discussion and are often mentioned when discussing politics and how they may or may not be biased against another race. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2315306 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2315306 Mon, 08 Mar 2021 14:16:10 -0800 I believe that he is wrong to view others in such ways but I agree with his view of how we we should have expanded. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2315304 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2315304 Mon, 08 Mar 2021 14:12:13 -0800 Where was this quote from? just curious https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2315238 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2315238 Fri, 05 Feb 2021 04:01:07 -0800 I believe that if you are going to rebel in such ways you should try to bring others along to create power in numbers and to show the government that this disagreement between you and them isn't so small that it can simply be ignored. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2315237 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2315237 Fri, 05 Feb 2021 03:59:31 -0800 I agree that this falls into their reasons for this expansion of US soil. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2315236 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2315236 Fri, 05 Feb 2021 03:54:45 -0800 I agree with you as he says, "They may talk o’ Freedom’s airy", he is likely talking about Polk and other leaders when he says, "they" to make an excuse for the war they are starting, in order to create support in their conquest. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2315235 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2315235 Fri, 05 Feb 2021 03:42:55 -0800 I agree with you as he says, "I don’t want to go no furder" implying for an end of the war. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2315234 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2315234 Mon, 08 Mar 2021 14:05:56 -0800 What were all the reasons for this belief? Was it because of who the leaders in charge of this conquest were? Or because of the states had a goal with the sol intent on lengthening the extent of slavery? https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2315232 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2315232 Fri, 05 Feb 2021 03:32:48 -0800 Isn't this image something that Taylor would dislike since he felt is was wrong to do such. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2309770 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2309770 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 05:01:29 -0800 They contradict their own statements by saying "We must march from ocean to ocean" and later on saying , "be bounded only by its roaring wave"? https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2309767 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2309767 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 04:59:42 -0800 To me it looks as though Polk's propaganda was working and even creating more support. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2309764 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2309764 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 04:54:49 -0800 Joshua Giddings was spot on with his assumptions. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2309762 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2309762 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 04:45:31 -0800 Who exactly is he speaking to and what does he mean by "us"? https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2309760 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2309760 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 04:43:02 -0800 So Polk used propaganda to create support in his actions of talking California as he did not tell the full story for there to be understanding in why Mexico did what they did. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2309758 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2309758 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 04:31:25 -0800 Who is Howard Zinn to say some of these things, where is his credibility in this, who is Howard Zinn? https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2309756 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2309756 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 04:27:23 -0800 What were they going to negotiate and what money claims. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2309755 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2309755 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 04:24:41 -0800 The US technically took the first step in action for a war between them and Mexico by pushing them the way they were. https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2309753 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2309753 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 04:21:36 -0800 What does he mean by “Hostilities may now be considered as commenced.”? https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2309752 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2309752 Thu, 27 May 2021 12:38:29 -0700 What exactly was manifest destiny and why did they follow it let it guide them like puppets? https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2309751 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2309751 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 04:12:02 -0800 What were his intentions for expanding US soil as far as California, what had him so intrigued? https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2309750 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2309750 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 04:10:02 -0800 how did the Mexicans on the other side of these cannons feel, did they recognize that cannons were being aimed at them? https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2309735 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2309735 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 04:03:23 -0800 What were the main reasons for Texas leaving Mexico and how voluntarily was their leave if it was and if it was then why do people say that it was taken? https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2309734 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2309734 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 03:55:09 -0800 Where did he keep this diary and was it everything that he wrote in it true because if so its possible that if this ended up in enemy hands then they could use this info against the US? https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2309731 https://nowcomment.com/documents/252308?scroll_to=2309731 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 03:49:13 -0800 Because of this victory from the mendez family they made it easier for other families to get the same equal education. This case had made a important impact to segregation. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2075369 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2075369 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 18:05:35 -0800 when the lawyers for the school board realized that they would likely lose in a higher court room they did not appeal. Lawyers watching were hoping they would apeal because it would be a chance to remove the plessy vs ferguson case. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2075337 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2075337 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 18:05:35 -0800 The judge did not have the same biased opinion of the mexicans and had seen their argument as valid. He seen the argument made from kent as intolerable and not right. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2075334 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2075334 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 18:05:35 -0800 These statements only angered the mexicans more and made them want to fight against this racism more and more. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2075317 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2075317 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 18:05:34 -0800 There was no equal treatment desired by the school as they were making racist and biased claims. They clearly had hatred towards the mexicans and viewed them as less than themselves. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2075315 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2075315 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 18:05:34 -0800 They were trying to use the plessy vs ferguson case to make a case against the mexicans which i feel was wrong. They also tried to say that segregated learning was beneficial to the students when it clearly wasn't. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2075314 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2075314 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 18:05:34 -0800 Gonzalo tried getting people to fill out forms to help build a case against the school. His wife kept working at the farm to provide money for them to be able to do this. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2075296 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2075296 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 18:05:34 -0800 Its honestly nice to see someone who fought for equality for not just himself but for his entire race. He worked hard for everyone to be able to get an equal education. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2075273 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2075273 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 18:05:34 -0800 If I was in their shoes I would try to do the same because I wouldn't want the future generations of my children to be looked downed on solely because the color of their skin. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2075247 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2075247 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 18:05:34 -0800 Mexicans received the leftovers of white benefits. They were treated as inferior or discussing people. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2075236 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2075236 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 18:05:34 -0800 If I was felicitas or gonzalo I would be just as furious as them because that is racist. Especially after living there as long as they have with children that were also born there. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2075209 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2075209 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 18:05:34 -0800 Mendezes were quite successful in america and were working hard. They were some of the few that had worked hard enough to own a farm of their own and were earning more money than other mexicans. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2074740 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2074740 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 18:05:34 -0800 This family left their home with a successful life to pursue an even better life. I find that interesting and risky, they left their home along with thousands of others to pursue their dreams in america. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2074705 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2074705 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 18:05:34 -0800 Its disgusting how the whites tried to use their power to manipulate the mexicans to work for them. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2074085 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2074085 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 18:05:34 -0800 Its messed up that the education differed between the mexicans and the whites. The whites were also provided with a better surroundings than the mexicans. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2074064 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2074064 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 18:05:34 -0800 The thought that unfair treatment and segregation was widespread through the states envoces anger. There was no fair reason that mexicans should have been treated with a rougher less caring hand than the whites. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2073593 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2073593 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 18:05:34 -0800 The Chicano families were welcomed into fields to work to help support whites. Though this is true they were also welcomed with less adequate living conditions and basic need materials than whites. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2073551 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2073551 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 18:05:34 -0800 If I was a parent and this had happened to me I would be furious with the school board. For students to be picked and rejected by the school based on skin color is just wrong. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2073544 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2073544 Tue, 31 Aug 2021 11:38:15 -0700 I feel bad for the mexican communities in the early 1900s for having to live life like this. Things are much different now thanks to their many victories in a battle against segregation. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2073541 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2073541 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 18:05:34 -0800 This is kinda of the same now as most feild workers are often latino immigrants but further down in generations. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2029015 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2029015 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 18:05:31 -0800 Things are different now because this would not be allowed. https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2028960 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222544?scroll_to=2028960 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 18:05:30 -0800 The mexican parents had gathered and discussed about the situation and how it was wrong of the school board to do what they were doing. https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2019446 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2019446 Mon, 07 Sep 2020 19:49:44 -0700 14:36 they believed if they sent a note home there would be problems but wouldn't that save them time from having more problems when its too late https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2019445 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2019445 Mon, 07 Sep 2020 19:47:40 -0700 0-7 They school board was trying to find a way to seperate the students by race in favor of the whites. https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2019443 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2019443 Mon, 07 Sep 2020 23:28:29 -0700 One of the ladies in the school board wanted to take the situation to a higher court but the rest decided they couldn't because they could not afford to, they already spent money on the new school, going to court, and now they had to pay fees because lost https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2019442 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2019442 Mon, 07 Sep 2020 19:34:26 -0700 44-52 The school board lost in court as the other lawyer brought up the argument that the other school isn't helping anyone as all the problems its supposed to solve are still there and it even causes problems for others. https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2019423 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2019423 Mon, 07 Sep 2020 19:05:21 -0700 they are in court with robert against the school board https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2009918 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2009918 Wed, 02 Sep 2020 12:29:10 -0700 The mexican community is seeking help to send their children back to school. The school board is loosing money because of low attendence from the mexican community and are trying to find a way to blame it on something else which might be the mexican gove https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2009856 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2009856 Wed, 02 Sep 2020 12:10:51 -0700 the family was deported because they were not sending their kids to the new "school" at first they were only going to be reported but they decided to take it further by calling immigration. https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2009816 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2009816 Wed, 02 Sep 2020 11:55:21 -0700 The parents were upset that their children would not be going to the same school and felt it was unjust to seperat the children by race and have the mexicans kids go to a barn https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2009791 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2009791 Wed, 02 Sep 2020 11:48:02 -0700 They wanted to send the mexican students to the new school without informing the parents, believing they would be okay with it. https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2001615 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2001615 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 12:19:17 -0700 0-7 It looks like the school board is trying to find a way to separate the whites and mexicans to solve their problems instead of finding a solution that helps everyone rather than separating them as that seems kinda racist. https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2001565 https://nowcomment.com/documents/216314?scroll_to=2001565 Thu, 17 Sep 2020 14:02:31 -0700