Some right-wingers ignore facts as they rewrite U.S. history

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WASHINGTON — The right is rewriting history.

The most ballyhooed effort is under way in Texas , where conservatives have pushed the state school board to rewrite guidelines, downplaying Thomas Jefferson in one high school course, playing up such conservatives as Phyllis Schlafly and the Heritage Foundation and challenging the idea that the Founding Fathers wanted to separate church and state.

The effort reaches far beyond one state, however.

In articles and speeches, on radio and TV, conservatives are working to redefine major turning points and influential figures in American history, often to slam liberals, promote Republicans and reinforce their positions in today's politics.

The Jamestown settlers? Socialists. Founding Father Alexander Hamilton ? Ill-informed professors made up all that bunk about him advocating a strong central government.

Theodore Roosevelt ? Another socialist. Franklin D. Roosevelt ? Not only did he not end the Great Depression, he also created it.

Joe McCarthy ? Liberals lied about him. He was a hero.

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[BrklynLiberal]

1. SOME right wingers????

[CBHagman]

2. Don't stop with the textbook crazies.

Unfortunately, all you need do is look at the pundits, the congresscritters, et al.

[opihimoimoi]

3. The Sheer AUDACITY to shun REALITY as they Endeavor is INSANITY with Certainty

THEY WILL FAIL....

[niceypoo]

4. The modern corporate version of history..

...neatly packaged and coming to a school near you.

[tanyev]

5. FACTS are FASCIST!!!!1!!

See how many letters they have in common? It's obviously a liberal plot.

[MkapX]

6. yep

Right wingers want to rewrite history because they often find themselves on the losing side