What is it that makes some people so intent on either erasing or rewriting American history to fit their current ideological impulses?
There’s a world of difference between studying original sources and the textbooks created by court historians whose version of history always compliments whomever is in power.
Not many are willing to put forth the effort required to engage in intellectually honest study.
It’s easier to insist that others change their viewpoint to fit whatever the loudest activists are demanding.
These efforts to cancel certain parts of American history have not transformed our society into a model of tolerance.
Instead, they have made it a playground for anyone with a pathological need to control others.
Rewriting history does nothing to change reality.
Charley Reese explained why this is when he said:
“Thinking is the use of reason to determine the truth as best we can. To do that, we have to shuck emotions, desires and wishes and look at the world in its nakedness as it is, not as we wish it were or as someone else has told us it is.”
History is not always comprised of things with which we agree. It’s no one’s job to sanitize it to protect our fragile psyches.
Instead of pretending that certain things never existed, we should be learning from what worked as well as what didn’t.
For this to happen, we need a factual accounting.
Otherwise, we risk surrendering our commitment to reality itself.
Share this post