nonactivist
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Policies? Lincoln was the nations FIRST Republican but Jefferson is reported in Wikipedia as forwarding the "... promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States." And yet, he is also reported as being the "... eponym of Jeffersonian democracy." While at the same time being the "...co-founder and leader of the Democratic-Republican Party, which dominated American politics for a quarter-century."
The history of our nation is taught in schools and is always "updated" but facts are facts and should remain the same. So why are there so many convoluted facts. If Lincoln was the first Republican, then how can our history recently say that Jefferson was a Federalist, a Republican, and co founder of the Democratic-Republican Party when there is no such "history" other than some "falsified" facts. To me, American history is currently under a "rewrite" without any congressional committee to verify it's accuracy. This is a bad situation for our children and their children. Online sources in their efforts to stay current with the nations "History Books" shouldn't "rewrite history" they should record what is there and leave the "substantiating the facts" to our "trusted historians". Even they have made mistakes. I wonder if we will ever have a "written history" that is free from "political bias" and yet "accurate" for our children. To attribute a person in our history with doing something he / she didn't actually do is an outright deceitful act and evidently has happened more than a few times. Who are responsible for insuring our history remains free from "lies", "deceits", and "misrepresentations"? Who should we report them to? Do we need a Congressional Committee to review all claims or will they do it themselves? The Department of Education should have had more oversight in this area. That way the curriculum could be better utilized and our children would not only be learning "history" they would be confident that all of the curriculum was and remains "accurate" and "interesting", but more importantly free from "political bias".
The history of our nation is taught in schools and is always "updated" but facts are facts and should remain the same. So why are there so many convoluted facts. If Lincoln was the first Republican, then how can our history recently say that Jefferson was a Federalist, a Republican, and co founder of the Democratic-Republican Party when there is no such "history" other than some "falsified" facts. To me, American history is currently under a "rewrite" without any congressional committee to verify it's accuracy. This is a bad situation for our children and their children. Online sources in their efforts to stay current with the nations "History Books" shouldn't "rewrite history" they should record what is there and leave the "substantiating the facts" to our "trusted historians". Even they have made mistakes. I wonder if we will ever have a "written history" that is free from "political bias" and yet "accurate" for our children. To attribute a person in our history with doing something he / she didn't actually do is an outright deceitful act and evidently has happened more than a few times. Who are responsible for insuring our history remains free from "lies", "deceits", and "misrepresentations"? Who should we report them to? Do we need a Congressional Committee to review all claims or will they do it themselves? The Department of Education should have had more oversight in this area. That way the curriculum could be better utilized and our children would not only be learning "history" they would be confident that all of the curriculum was and remains "accurate" and "interesting", but more importantly free from "political bias".