Forget whatever you may have learned about Christopher Columbus.
Our newest crop of "educators" have begun introducing their version of reality in describing the man who we recognize the second monday of every October as being the man who started European exploration and settlement of the land to be known as The Americas.
They tell their students how mean and bossy he was. They point out how he stole indigenous people's property, wealth and land. They point out how the trade routes he established brought diseases from Europe that the indigenous people had no defenses against and killed large numbers of the natives.
I am not going to debate whether their new take on facts is factual or not. I will not get drawn into arguing minutiae such as this and ignoring the root cause of the problem.
Changing perspectives of historical figures, even iconic ones, are a normal part of a society maturing. But to focus on the bad and ignoring, or downplaying, the possitive accomplishments does not serve Columbus, history, or our future.
Rather this is a coordinated effort by the left to serve their ideological agenda and does not belong in the classroom. The left are masters at revision of history, since their ideology has not basis for supprt other than their belief in it they cannot allow things such as facts, historical or otherwise, get in the way of them forwarding ti at all costs.
To address them revising the history of Columbus is to get lost in the noise, the issue is they are altering the history of America. And it works on two levels, one is to further their tactic of race politics, playing one race against another, in this case it is every one against the Europeans. The other, and more insidious part of their agenda, concerns rewriting the istory of America.
The left is following the standard marxist revolutionary playbook page by page. Destroy religion, destroy the family unit, sow mistrust between neighbors, and promote individualism and the importance of self, while downplaying self reliance. This serves to make reliance on the state the strongest relationship in an individual's life.
A key to getting this done is through indoctrination... such as is occurring in schools every day. In this case the indoctrination by historical revisionism and villifying a national icon.
The left is using the schools as a weapon against the country. And if allowed to go unchecked our most valuable resource, our future generations, will be lost.
Case in point: the elementary school class cited int he story that held a mock trial and sentenced Columbus to life in prison for his "crimes".
Our newest crop of "educators" have begun introducing their version of reality in describing the man who we recognize the second monday of every October as being the man who started European exploration and settlement of the land to be known as The Americas.
They tell their students how mean and bossy he was. They point out how he stole indigenous people's property, wealth and land. They point out how the trade routes he established brought diseases from Europe that the indigenous people had no defenses against and killed large numbers of the natives.
I am not going to debate whether their new take on facts is factual or not. I will not get drawn into arguing minutiae such as this and ignoring the root cause of the problem.
Changing perspectives of historical figures, even iconic ones, are a normal part of a society maturing. But to focus on the bad and ignoring, or downplaying, the possitive accomplishments does not serve Columbus, history, or our future.
Rather this is a coordinated effort by the left to serve their ideological agenda and does not belong in the classroom. The left are masters at revision of history, since their ideology has not basis for supprt other than their belief in it they cannot allow things such as facts, historical or otherwise, get in the way of them forwarding ti at all costs.
To address them revising the history of Columbus is to get lost in the noise, the issue is they are altering the history of America. And it works on two levels, one is to further their tactic of race politics, playing one race against another, in this case it is every one against the Europeans. The other, and more insidious part of their agenda, concerns rewriting the istory of America.
The left is following the standard marxist revolutionary playbook page by page. Destroy religion, destroy the family unit, sow mistrust between neighbors, and promote individualism and the importance of self, while downplaying self reliance. This serves to make reliance on the state the strongest relationship in an individual's life.
A key to getting this done is through indoctrination... such as is occurring in schools every day. In this case the indoctrination by historical revisionism and villifying a national icon.
The left is using the schools as a weapon against the country. And if allowed to go unchecked our most valuable resource, our future generations, will be lost.
Case in point: the elementary school class cited int he story that held a mock trial and sentenced Columbus to life in prison for his "crimes".
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