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Who owns America's history? Well, for now the progressives do.
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Posted on 01/16/2021 7:41:43 AM PST by ProgressingAmerica

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There are conservative historians out there, but they are very far and few inbetween.

The key to turning this around isn't more academics, but citizen historians who take it seriously and mount a challenge to the status quo.

1 posted on 01/16/2021 7:41:43 AM PST by ProgressingAmerica
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2 posted on 01/16/2021 7:42:31 AM PST by ProgressingAmerica (Public meetings are superior to newspapers)
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Worse than Progressives....Corporate Fascists.


3 posted on 01/16/2021 7:43:15 AM PST by G Larry (Authority is vested in those to whom it applies.)
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To: ProgressingAmerica

“Liberals write history” - Richard Nixon


4 posted on 01/16/2021 7:45:48 AM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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You don’t get a tenured position with Universities being a truthful historian


5 posted on 01/16/2021 7:47:16 AM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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A citizen historian wouldn’t be anywhere near a university.


6 posted on 01/16/2021 7:48:32 AM PST by ProgressingAmerica (Public meetings are superior to newspapers)
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> You don’t get a tenured position with Universities being a truthful historian <

I had to take a history course as part of my distribution of studies (I was a chemistry major). Well, the only course that fit my schedule was some nonsensical class about Marxist social history.

I went to the first class, and that was it. For the rest of the semester I went to the chemistry lab instead. I belonged there anyway.

Ah, but I did take the final exam. It was an essay exam. I wrote exactly what I thought a Marxist professor would want to hear. Power to the people! I got an A. So I guess I’m an expert on the subject.


7 posted on 01/16/2021 7:57:17 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: ProgressingAmerica

People on the right need to go tribal. We need our own historians. We need more recognition and awards for conservative achievers. There are very few corporations or cultural institutions that cater to conservatives. It seems like they all cater to the left.


8 posted on 01/16/2021 8:08:45 AM PST by Mr. N. Wolfe
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The old fashion way thru Town Crier’s Traveling Minstrels Word of mouth. /S


9 posted on 01/16/2021 8:17:22 AM PST by duckman ( Not tired of winning!)
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Hopefully, after the progressives finish erasing US history and much of the history of the world and are finally driven away, some one will find a hidden cache of all the lost history.


10 posted on 01/16/2021 8:20:17 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: ProgressingAmerica

Who controls the past controls the future, and who controls the present controls the past.

I recommend we refer to all members of theDemocRat party as demsoc.


11 posted on 01/16/2021 8:20:26 AM PST by JusPasenThru (Si vis pacem para bellum.)
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Why not use a new-fashioned way, such as audiobooks?


12 posted on 01/16/2021 8:26:19 AM PST by ProgressingAmerica (Public meetings are superior to newspapers)
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“Who owns America’s history? Well, for now the progressives do.”

For NOW? How about for the past 50 years while ‘conservatives’ were dumping their kids into government schools. And it seemed to me that the schools were actually ANNOUNCING how Leftist they were, particularly when using the (alternative) ‘history’ book called: “A PEOPLE’S History of the United States.”

And yes, most schools did and do use it, and YES, most ‘conservatives’ do not even know that the term “People’s” is and was used in the actual names of Communist countries, like North Korea and East Germany.

But I know, public schools are FREE!!!, so what the hell. Right?


13 posted on 01/16/2021 8:26:46 AM PST by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone.)
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Fabian Socialism has been at work in our education system for over 100 years. And we are at a point where schools, by the indoctrination of students who eventually vote, have turned our institutions such as courts etc. into promoters of collectivism.

Sadly, much of human nature is sentimental, driven by emotion making majorities ripe for manipulation. For instance, eighteen-year-olds etc. voting for taxes they don't pay but think are "fair" is just the tip of the iceberg. Your observation is right on target. When a majority of parents, distracted by materialism and their own deficient educations don't concern themselves with what kids are being taught, we get the likes of Carter- Clinton- Obama- Biden with worse to come.

14 posted on 01/16/2021 9:22:03 AM PST by PerConPat (A politician is an animal that can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground--Mencken )
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PerConPat is right, its more like 100 years.

But as to “For NOW?”, it’s really going to depend on if conservatives are willing to stand up and become citizen historians.

You and I, and individual people can do this without any major organization backing whatsoever. Once that becomes more widely known I think it will become more of an effort.


15 posted on 01/16/2021 10:46:08 AM PST by ProgressingAmerica (Public meetings are superior to newspapers)
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I agree...I don't go around looking for hot discussions with Rats, but once in a while there is no escape. I have found for years the average Rat voter to be woefully lacking in knowledge of America's founding principles and documents.

Whatever, I expect the Rats to overplay their hand and eventually "teach" their supporters with painful experience what scheming public education failed to do. I think Ben Franklin said something that pertains. But, unfortunately, this will take time. I hope there is enough.

16 posted on 01/16/2021 11:15:10 AM PST by PerConPat (A politician is an animal that can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground--Mencken )
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That’s why I do what I do. There’s plenty of escapes. We just don’t know about them because they’ve been hidden. And not even “escapes”, the progressives are flat out liars and yet they win anyways.

Open source audiobooks can provide a light and a beacon to illuminate the area and prevent all of this.


17 posted on 01/30/2021 7:03:13 AM PST by ProgressingAmerica (Public meetings are superior to newspapers)
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Agree...


18 posted on 01/30/2021 1:20:00 PM PST by PerConPat ( A politician is a animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground...Mencken)
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The Left will forever hold up slavery as the reason for rewriting US history. It is the "original" sin of which this country will never be forgiven.
19 posted on 01/30/2021 1:21:30 PM PST by ealgeone
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Should have picked our own damned cotton.


20 posted on 01/30/2021 1:23:11 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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