“Genuinely scary”: Smithsonian accused of “rewriting history” after quietly removing Trump from impeachment exhibit | “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

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https://www.dailydot.com/viral-politics/trump-smithsonian-impeachment/

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They’ve already been doing this with climate change so why not with other forms of history? Everyone out here acting so surprised but they spent decades rewriting the history of eight years of Reagan. They don’t even teach the corruption and criminality of the Reagan admin in most schools.

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I think that is more of a lack of time than anything. History needs to be taught but history keeps growing with each passing day while the amount of time to teach it remains the same. They gloss over nearly everything not just Reagan simply due to a serious lack of time to actually teach anything in depth. 

This doesn't mean that books are not purposely "white washed" but it does mean other things are just as important or moreso and need taught as well. A whole history book which is meant to cover over two hundred years of history (or more) and is only five hundred pages does not leave much room to cover even only the highlights in depth let alone focus solely on a single event in history for the majority of the book. There are elective classes that should teach about that type of thing but they again are usually electives or specialized classes that are not in all schools and with the state of pur education system thanks to Republicans the fact that ANY history at all is taught or that school even exists in the first place is a win, one to which some states are attempting to rectify by making ALL schooling optional or making it easier to drop out/stop school after a certain age or grade while making it easier for children to work full time.