• Dale@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      11 months ago

      And then realized that hitler was actually a pretty good guy, the best guy, not better than me, but really great. The whole thing was a hoax though, a witch hunt, blah blah, A lot of really good people on both sides, blah blah, poisoning the blood of our country, blah blah Jewish space lasers.

    • RGB3x3@lemmy.worldEnglish
      29·
      11 months ago

      I wasn’t taught much from the “slavery is good” angle in GA. It was more subtle, framed as mostly information about the goods traded and what slaves produced for the countries they were in. Like, it was all about the slave trade industry and not how awful the conditions were.

      Lots of information glossed over in favor of capitalism.

      • Faresh@lemmy.mlEnglish
        19·
        11 months ago

        I think TheJims was referencing the fact that Florida has recently added the explicit idea that slaves benefited from slavery (that they developed skills, for example, being one of the things they claim the slaves benefited from) to their curriculum.

  • Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    59·
    11 months ago

    They wouldn’t pass up on WWII since that’s the last time we were honestly seen as the good guys to the world. The Cold War would probably be there too just to show “communism doesn’t work”.

    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
      21·
      11 months ago

      WWII might be risky because some students might ask what specifically made the world consider the axis evil.

      • Thrashy@lemmy.world
        13·
        11 months ago

        “Well, little Timmy, you may have heard some other things about that whcih we’re not allowed to talk about, but the truth is that there were some Germans who believed ardently in the German state’s rights to do, uh, …stuff.”

    • Nudding@lemmy.world
      12·
      11 months ago

      They wouldn’t pass up on WWII since that’s the last time we were honestly seen as the good guys to the world.

      Literally the only time anyone thought you were the good guys lol.

    • Stupidmanager@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      11 months ago

      You’d think they would want to talk about the Civil war too. That was a notable event in history where the democrat party of the time was the bad guys and wanted to keep slavery legal.

      • kofe@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        11 months ago

        No no, because then white kids feel guilty and everyone has reason to doubt the glory of our beloved nation. America dindu

    • Kedly@lemm.ee
      1·
      11 months ago

      Well they WERE getting seen as the good Guys with Ukraine, but Putin wasnt happy with that so the republicans have decided to get in the way of that

    • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
      18·
      11 months ago

      The moon landing wouldn’t be up there in red states.

      Of course it would. It is one of the few actually valid examples of American exceptionalism which nationalists absolutely require as the underpinnings to their myopic ethos. In addition to teaching the history of this wonderful achievement, it will also be taught how these events never actually took place to support their claims the government actively lies to the American people requiring action for citizens to “take back” the country. Questions for both viewpoints will be on the midterm, so remember to study.

      If you’re wondering how these two contradictory ideas can be taught in the same classroom, then remember in MAGA school the class taught immediately prior to history is “Learning to live with Cognitive Dissonance”.

    • HiddenLayer5@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      Nah now that other countries are expanding their space programs the Republicans would never pass up the chance to brag about how they were first to the moon if for nothing else than to put everyone else down.

      • Uranium3006@kbin.social
        2·
        11 months ago

        The proud boys used the crowd as a distraction. They confused and occupied Capitol police while the proud boys went and broke a corner window that unlike most on the building was unreinforced and opened the door for the crowd. They brought plastic handcuffs and likely intended to take hostages

    • CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com
      5·
      11 months ago

      What is the right wing version of 1776? Or is the joke that they will revise it? If that is the joke I’ll delete this once someone tells me because explaining a joke is a sin I think. I’m just curious what their revisions are if it’s real

      • Boiglenoight@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        11 months ago

        The feeling is that they will remove the woke portion (read: enlightened) that drove it in the first place. That leaders just got mad and started fighting for…States Rights™️ and prayer in schools.

        • CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com
          1·
          11 months ago

          Oh wtf that’s wild asf, I’m so curious what is actually going through people’s heads who support this kind of thing. Unless it’s all evil people which is what it seems like without thinking too much about it.

          • Boiglenoight@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            11 months ago

            It’s considered a righteous moment in American history. Americans that are backwards want to be on that side and will pervert and distort what happened until it reflects their point of view, values, and politics.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
      17·
      11 months ago

      That’s probably what they’ll teach. That it was a fake liberal lie to undermine the glorious nation of Russia.

    • OpenStars@kbin.social
      12·
      11 months ago

      you can’t teach something that is fake.

      Uh… I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you can though. Here’s a little example:

      Africa is a shithole country. White people were kind to accept the slaves that Africans themselves provided, and civilized them. They even gave them sammiches sometimes!

      There problem solved: now little Timmy doesn’t have to feel guilty about being the oppressor anymore! :-P Next week we’ll cover how chaining native Americans to (active) hot stoves in >100 degree temps in the desert will help teach them the true meaning of Christianity…

        • OpenStars@kbin.social
          4·
          11 months ago

          Believe it or not, but the “we gave them sandwiches sometimes” statement has also been put forth as an argument for why slavery was not so bad. FOR REAL!

          Some have even been proposing - unironically mind you - that we return to using it!? (To be clear, I mean slavery, not offering anyone sandwiches. In fact, anyone offering free sandwiches should just be sent to jail. I am not making that up either, it’s a real thing somehow!?!? Despite what the Bible has to say about it, the “Bible-belt” states are making it illegal to offer food or water to the homeless😔)

          Apparently they do not realize the truth that slavery has already been brought back -> there are more black people behind bars today than ever existed as slaves, and not always for “crimes” but sometimes trumped up charges in order to meet a quota, or minor offenses that a white person would be let off with a warning for (yes, many actual criminals too so hard to know the reality of the scope of the issues involved when so many falsehoods are mixed in along with the truths).

  • Got_Bent@lemmy.world
    20·
    11 months ago

    Probably something in there about poverty and crime rates soaring after the liberal North forced the glorious and God fearing South to end the benevolent system of slavery that provided free housing and healthcare to those poor incapable souls in its care.

  • Verdant Banana@lemmy.world
    16·
    11 months ago

    maybe our president should make an executive order federalizing education and make standards stick

    forgot never mind everything is a state by state issue and it is the citizen’s fault for not voting correctly even though some are not allowed to vote and we have a militarized police to ensure citizens get put in their place and the minimum wage is $7.25 unless you win the geographic lottery and are born in a state with higher minimum wages

    at least trump is not president so all is good

    • hansl@lemmy.world
      8·
      11 months ago

      They tried that with Core and No Child Left Behind. AFAIK though deeply unpopular (for political and non-political reasons) they did raise the bottom bar of education in all the states.

      • Fredthefishlord
        9·
        11 months ago

        they did raise the bottom bar of education in all the states.

        Maybe for the lowest level of children. They screwed over the education system for many more in exchange

        • Baines@lemmy.world
          3·
          11 months ago

          yea family of teachers they fucked school funding hard and ruined all extra curriculars in non rich school districts

      • yuriy@lemmy.world
        3·
        11 months ago

        No Child Left Behind is a neat idea, but IME in practice it leads to severely mentally disabled kids filling seats in classes where they are being “taught” subjects years ahead of their ability. It really just feels like extra stress for the students and faculty.

  • WashedOver@lemmy.ca
    15·
    11 months ago

    They left out:

    • there was certainly WMD in Iraq. The UN just never looked in the right place.

    • over a million Afghanistan civilians deserved to die for the Trade Center attacks carried out by the son of a wealthy Saudi businessman

    /s

    • chaogomu@kbin.social
      6·
      11 months ago

      That wealthy Saudi businessman, who had direct financial ties to the sitting president at the time.

      Direct financial ties being partnership in a group that owned a bunch of arms manufacturers.