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I don't get it. Is every state supposed to have a law about teachability (sure that's a word) of every event in history?
Laws are supposed to be generic. "Don't teach falsehood".
Historians might say more of history is contested than we might realize. In my lifetime, I learned that Thomas Edison was a brilliant inventor who made the light bulb through perseverance; not a ruthless businessman who stole ideas from interns and sabotaged Nikola Tesla.
So, it may be best not to codify things into law if they have even the slightest chance for debate. Hence why Germany made laws against denying the holocaust specifically.
A fractured nation is easy to coup
states are preparing their cases for why their mandatory curriculum is valuable and the federal fascist dictated curriculum is a violation of the constitution. virginia, in particular, has the nation's testbed for standardized curricula, the SOL (standards of learning) that every student graduating highschool or getting a GED must demonstrate their proficiency in. by setting Jan 6 was a violent historic event, Virginia is creating a precedent that Virginians who participate in adult society MUST know that Jan 6 was violent
it was a peaceful protest
Until you watch the video.... FFS, it's not that hard
Because we live in different sets of reality, thanks to social media.
No we don't. A lie isn't a "different reality." It's a lie.
I guess “Shape how events are taught” is telling the truth.
VA has come a long way from when I went to school when they were still teaching Lost Cause/States Rights bullshit.
You can thank the blue wave. Virginia has a super majority in the House of Delegates and a majority in the Senate.
Do they not know that very widespread video evidence exists to the contrary?
Read the headline again, they are prohibiting teaching the false narrative that Jan 6th was peaceful
Who is "they" in your question?
I have noticed a shocking lack of reading comprehension on Lemmy recently. Between that and the rabid hatred for all Americans I'm really starting to consider dropping the platform.
TBF, we Americans kinda brought this upon ourselves.
But the reading comprehension issue is a fuckin' doozie.
Can at least move over to Piefed, I heard it's better? Kinda stuck with everyone still on federated platforms, though, and I can assure you reading comprehension is worse on the mainstream apps... and only groups without America hate right now are pretty creepy right wing outlets lol
piefed has the same people
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVXH9iglOLfbufcSYVpqdllxp-ZXCU6Ic
Remember45 on YouTube has a good playlist
Glad I'm not the only one who misreads this is haha. But its saying the opposite in this case.
To be fair, they didn't set the building on fire or shoot anybody, which is what is generally expected from insurrections. It was more like black friday at Walmart.