As plantations talk more honestly about slavery, some visitors are pushing back

[Sick Of Silence]

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Visitor reviews of Monticello on travel site TripAdvisor are overwhelmingly positive. But the negative comments are increasingly likely to blast the amount of time devoted to slavery, decrying "political correctness" and the bashing of a giant of American history. Two years ago, only a couple of the poor reviews mentioned slavery. This year, almost all of them do.

"For someone like myself, going to Monticello is like an Elvis fan going to Graceland," one review from July reads. "Then to have the tour guide essentially make constant reference to what a bad person he really was just ruined it for me."

People don't want to be lectured to.

[supsalemgr]

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People don't want to be lectured to.

I remember going with my kids many years ago. It was very educational and reflected the brilliance of Jefferson. Sorry to hear this, but not surprised.

[carolina73]

And the problem is that they just open the divide and create more animosity between races. There is no doubt in my mind that race relations are going backwards in the US and have been since political correctness gained momentum under the Clinton presidency.