The War on History is a War on Democracy
I was reading this recently as part of this open history course by Timothy Snyder called Hitler and Stalin Today.
Seems relevant, the regime is trying to dictate the past and install memory censorship.
“The Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL, where everything discussed is how horrible our Country is, how bad Slavery was, and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been — Nothing about Success, nothing about Brightness, nothing about the Future,” he wrote on Truth Social.
That's...not it's job?
Slavery was pretty awesome for the slave owners I guess.
[Trump] criticized the Smithsonian Institute and National Park Service sites for allegedly focusing too much on the history of enslavement in the U.S., instead of the country’s “success.”
The US
Our entire history is built around slavery. Any discussion of the US should reflect it's sordid past of enslavement, and any success we do see is built upon exploitation.
Also, Jim Crow, the Wilmington massacre, Tulsa massacre. Redlining, the Pearshall plan and the southern manifesto. Then most recently we have a supreme Court simultaneously declaring that racism is over while permitting racist political districts under the guise of "political affiliation". Oppression hasn't ended.
The Smithsonian Institute declined to comment.
Might as well put some around the White House.
I thought trigger warnings were woke? Something about snowflakes and safe spaces.
Holy shit, was a pissy little man baby. It must be painful to be that goddamned petty.
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