Will no one speak in defense of our ancestors?

I believe we live in a time when popular culture is driven to ascribe abhorrent behavior to our ancestors to somehow justify or feel better about the evils in our own time.

I DO NOT believe that men were more violent with women in an earlier period. I DO NOT believe that fathers, brothers, uncles and priests were more likely to abuse children in an earlier period. I DO NOT believe that my ancestors were claiming high ideals of religion, patriotism, duty on one hand and drowning puppies on the other.

To brand previous generations, as though it was pervasive with the sins of wife and child beating and other forms of abuse and anti-social behavior is unfair and untrue.

I DO NOT believe we are as good as our 19th century ancestors or even our mid-20th century fathers and grandfathers. I think they were, and are, more honorable, honest, "Christian", than we are.

But that's just my opinion. I had to speak out for people who cannot speak for themself and say that I still love, honor and respect my ancestors and from first-hand experience and knowledge know they were in the vast majority outstanding people who did great things.

Jim