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Taverner

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18. Historic Revisionism from our friends in the Reich Wing

Wed May 16, 2012, 02:22 PM

May 2012

1 - The Founding Fathers were all evangelical Christians

2 - Slavery was banned throughout US history

3 - Settlers valiantly killed off the Indians

4 - Hitler was an Atheist

5 - Winston Churchill was a Christian

6 - Dorothy Day never existed

7 - Anarchism, Socialism, Communism and Syndicalism were never popular in the US

8 - No Americans ever supported the Nazi Party

9 - William Jennings Bryan is notable only for the Scopes Trial. He never did anything else.

10 - Hellen Keller is notable only for learning to write. She never did anything else.

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Can history be revised to oblivion? [View all] SoutherDem May 2012 OP

I recall hearing that lynne cheney had written a 'history' book, elleng May 2012 #1

That is an excellent example SoutherDem May 2012 #2

Depends what you mean by history... ellisonz May 2012 #3

History doesn't matter anymore... Javaman May 2012 #4

Really? On which side? malthaussen May 2012 #5

I agree with what you are saying... Javaman May 2012 #6

Yeah, the Light Brigade wasn't too successful... malthaussen May 2012 #7

Yeah, I thought it a bit clunky too. Javaman May 2012 #8

Or maybe "Vested Stupidity," or "Vested Ignorance..." malthaussen May 2012 #9

I think you are on to something. That's closer. Javaman May 2012 #13

The Age of Profiting From Ignorance malthaussen May 2012 #14

It's going to be a tough phrase to come up with that Javaman May 2012 #16

Hee-hee: The Age of Honesty malthaussen May 2012 #17

Cheers! :) nt Javaman May 2012 #20

It can .. ananda May 2012 #10

"it is often difficult to know what really happen" -- no professional coalition_unwilling May 2012 #11

That's a good question. EFerrari May 2012 #12

yes. HiPointDem May 2012 #15

Historic Revisionism from our friends in the Reich Wing Taverner May 2012 #18

Well I will admit SoutherDem May 2012 #19