Posted on Nov 4, 2023
Right-wing fake history is making a big comeback — but it never went away
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Right-wing fake history is making a big comeback — but it never went away
Posted from salon.com
Civil War
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American History
Depression
WWII World War Two
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I find it extremely interesting how a group of seeming intelligent people can see an issue, such as our history, in two completely different ways, when. IMO, both sides are correct. And incorrect.
I think if one were to look at a particular event or issue, research it thoroughly, and then form an opinion, it would not change our history, but enlighten us as to the actual facts.
The difficult part is, as we all know, history is written by the winners. Dig deeper than the usual fluff.
I think if one were to look at a particular event or issue, research it thoroughly, and then form an opinion, it would not change our history, but enlighten us as to the actual facts.
The difficult part is, as we all know, history is written by the winners. Dig deeper than the usual fluff.
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SPC Carl Davis
Found this as credible. As we have seen in Florida, Texas and other laboratories of autocracy, once Republicans obtain unified control of government, they are compulsively driven to monkey with the history curricula of the public schools.
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SPC Carl Davis
CW5 (Join to see) A favorite conservative technique is to place some delicious quote, concocted in the present, in the mouth of a founder, preferably Thomas Jefferson.
Nevertheless Republican operatives like Mike Huckabee and Newt Gingrich endorsing him. His 2012 book "The Jefferson Lies" was a New York Times bestseller — until fact-checking by authentic Jefferson scholars found so many outright falsehoods that the publisher finally withdrew the book. But no doubt thousands of children afflicted by home schooling or attendance at Christian academies are being indoctrinated with Barton’s lies to this day.
Nevertheless Republican operatives like Mike Huckabee and Newt Gingrich endorsing him. His 2012 book "The Jefferson Lies" was a New York Times bestseller — until fact-checking by authentic Jefferson scholars found so many outright falsehoods that the publisher finally withdrew the book. But no doubt thousands of children afflicted by home schooling or attendance at Christian academies are being indoctrinated with Barton’s lies to this day.
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SPC Carl Davis - That's the writers opinion.
What exactly does it say in the book? What is the source documenting the fact that "thousands of children afflicted by home schooling or attendance at Christian academies are being indoctrinated".
The use of "afflicted" in this quote adds credibility to my supposition that the writer is a gaslighting hack.
You are quoting a political writer's opinions not documented fact.
What exactly does it say in the book? What is the source documenting the fact that "thousands of children afflicted by home schooling or attendance at Christian academies are being indoctrinated".
The use of "afflicted" in this quote adds credibility to my supposition that the writer is a gaslighting hack.
You are quoting a political writer's opinions not documented fact.
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SPC Carl Davis some fools actually believe this crap...
..."This flare-up of officially sanctioned historical fiction (“slavery taught useful skills”) is just the most recent example of the long struggle over who gets to tell us who we are. The desire to seize history and manipulate it to flatter present-day conservatives and help them feel they are the culmination of an historical inevitability, while their opponents are doomed to defeat, is what motivates the historical polemics on the far right."...
..."This flare-up of officially sanctioned historical fiction (“slavery taught useful skills”) is just the most recent example of the long struggle over who gets to tell us who we are. The desire to seize history and manipulate it to flatter present-day conservatives and help them feel they are the culmination of an historical inevitability, while their opponents are doomed to defeat, is what motivates the historical polemics on the far right."...
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