We're not divided just because we have different beliefs. We are divided because many people have been fed lies and misinformation. People live in an alternate reality and it is very difficult to reach them right now. #CapitolRiot #AmericaOrTrump 1/6
We need to figure out how to reach people who believe these lies with not only the truth but a new source of self-worth so that they can emotionally let go of the one that is based on lies. 2/6
Also, the lies did not start with Trump and Qanon. Lies are contained in textbooks in the form of revisionist history. I was badly miseducated in Houston, Texas when I learned American history in the 80s. 3/6
I was told that the Civil War was about economics and states' rights and the people fought with honor on both sides. I was told slavery was wrong but not cruel. I was told "hostile Indians" stood in the way of our Manifest Destiny and needed to be removed. 4/6
I'm guessing some of you were told these things even if you did not grow up in the South. One of the most important things that we can do right now is to figure out how to take historical revisionism out of our classrooms.
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Revisionism primes young people to receive the lies from right-wing extremists and white supremacists. This needs to stop. 6/6
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