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Now this is the kind of movie I want to see:

In addition, this film's script portrays General Sam Houston, the military victor at the Battle of San Jacinto which allowed Texas to gain its independence from Mexico, as a venereal diseased drunkard; Colonel William Barret Travis, commander of Texan forces at the Alamo, as a dead beat dad and serial adulterer; Colonel James Bowie, the Alamo defender famous for his knife fighting skills, as a land swindling, slave trader; and Davy Crockett, the king of the wild frontier, as a war criminal, who participated in a My Lai style massacre in the Creek Indian War and was captured and executed at the Alamo. By contrast, Manuel Castrillon, a Mexican General who attacked the Alamo, is portrayed as a flawless, noble, and brave hero.

It's funny that a group called "The Freedom Alliance" is apologizing for slaveholders. And that it considers these folks "American heroes" when Texas wasn't a part of America in 1836. The Freedom Alliance even generously upgrades one of William Travis's slaves to the status of "African-American," even though he was considered chattel at the time, both by "American hero" Travis and the United States Constitution at the time.

When it comes to history -- and war -- some people just can't handle the truth.