History Lies. A start at debunking [NRO interviews Larry Schweikart]

NRO ^ | September 09, 2008

[Tolik]

LS Nailed It!

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[too much time]

My daughter's 7th grade social studies book had one sentence about the end of the cold war: "The cold war ended because Mikhail Gorbachev was a gracious leader and wanted freedom for his people."

[loveliberty2]

Political dialogue on some of the most significant issues of our day is distorted because of lack of public understanding of fundamental principles underlying our liberty.

A few years ago, Michael Ledeen said, "Our educational system has long since banished religion from its texts, and an amazing number of Americans are intellectually unprepared for a discussion in which religion is the central organizing principle."

In a speech in Germany, the Pope observed:

"A reason which is deaf to the divine and which relegates religion into the realm of subcultures is incapable of entering into the dialogue of cultures."

Ledeen put his finger on a problem that long stifled meaningful debate in America on important things. Censors [disguised as "protectors" (the Radical Left's ACLU, NEA, education bureaucracies, etc., etc.)] have imposed their limited understanding of liberty upon generations of school children.

From America's founding to the 1950's, ideas derived from religious literature were included in textbooks, through the poetry and prose used to teach children to read and to identify with their world and their country.

Suddenly, those ideas began to disappear from textbooks, until now, faceless, mindless copy editors sit in cubicles in the nation's textbook publishing companies, instructed by their supervisors to remove mere words that refer to family, to the Divine, and to any of the ancient ideas that have sustained intelligent discourse for centuries.

Now, it is the ACLU which accuses middle Americans of "censorship" if they dare object to books, films, etc., that offend their sensibilities and undermine the character training of their young. Sadly, many of those books and films are themselves products of the minds that have been robbed of exposure to wisdom literature in the nation's schools and universities.

From economic principles to an understanding that our rights, in the words of JFK, "come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God," generations of Americans have not been taught the philosophy upon which their constitutional protections rested.

[sinclair]

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[cvq3842]

Only a nation bent on self-destruction would poison their kids with such crapola.

I do plan to check out this book.

[popdonnelly]

The people providing input into these textbooks are old Marxist cranks like Bill Ayers.

[too much time]

My daughter had a conservative 9th grade AP history teacher last year and I told her to "enjoy it - he may be the last conservative teacher you ever have."

Sure enough, the garbage coming out of this year's AP government teacher is amazingly one-sided. (Palin's speech was written by someone else, she is not experienced, McCain shows lack of judgement in picking her, and other CNN talking points)

Why do teachers/professors become increasingly more liberal the higher one goes in education? There are plenty of conservative kindergarten teachers! Is it because the teachers with higher degrees are exposed to (brainwashed by) Marxist professors longer?

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Great interview!

Good to see you and your book are getting a lot of coverage.

[Mr. Silverback]

I’m glad to see this book is being promoted, and I’ll make sure I buy a copy.

What really makes me shake my head over the Pearl Harbor conspiracy theory is that it depends on believing that FDR felt he wouldn’t get a declaration of war from Congress if he brought them evidence of a Japanese plan for a surprise attack, or the attack went off and the Navy successfully defended themselves with few losses. You have to believe he thought he could only take us to war if thousands of sailors and Marines were killed, but not if, say, 100 were killed.

Moronic.

[ForGod'sSake]

History in the making, so to speak ;^)

Well done Larry!

[LS]

Thanks. Turns out they liked me so much, I’m going to be BACK ON this FRIDAY, 6:00 am to 9:00 am . . . that’s all I know for now.

[LearsFool]

Well said.

[Tolik]

Good. And thanks go to you, well deserved.

[George Smiley]

Another problem is what Windschuttle describes in “The Killing of History”.

[LS]

Yep. Common crap. Exactly what I found in the majority of the books.

[LS]

For what it’s worth, K-Lo liked the book so much she added a “lie”-—my title is “48 Liberal Lies About . . .” (not “49”). Not that there AREN’T 49.

[LS]

Thanks. They liked me so much, I’m doing a repeat appearance this Friday between 6:00 and 9:00. Maybe FR can have a resident historian at “Fox.”

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Is there any video around of your first appearance on FOX this week?

[LS]

Yes. Freeper Grzzzz (sp?) is getting that to me. I’ll get it up when it comes in.