I do not understand why anyone would allow themselves to feel so much shame or hatred over their own ancestors. You would not be here were it not for them, and the beautiful and horrible things they did to keep moving forward. Forward and forward until now, here you are, and you turn your backs on them.
I might not hold it against you…. but I will also never understand it.
I worship a war goddess. War and conquest do not deter me from revering my ancestors… no, it gives me all the more reason to. I take great pride my heritage, in my God(s), in my ancestors, my country, my family and my friends, and in myself.