New "Woke" Revisionist SC History Book Lauded By Far-Left Groups In South Carolina
One Of A Series Breaking Down Some Of The Insidious Lies Inside The Book!
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A new leftist authored, corporate sponsored revisionist history book intended for school children in South Carolina has been released. The book, titled “The South Carolina Journey” is being celebrated by various uber-liberal political groups throughout the state. This includes, of course, the 501(c)4 SC For Ed. They seem to be very excited about it, since it mentions the name of their group on at least one page somehow trying to equate their failed 2019 protest for wage increases with “equity” and racial issues in South Carolina’s education system.
With some of the pages of this book making the rounds, we decided to take a look. There is so much disinformation & propaganda in this book, that it would be an almost insurmountable endeavor to correct it all. However, we can pull a few examples to illustrate the point.
So, let's break down just ONE of the HEINOUS misrepresentation in this "South Carolina History" book. The 2020 election, and the January 6th protest at the United States Capitol. Put your knee-high boots on, because the B.S. they throw into this section is pretty deep.
First. let’s start with the reference to “insurrection” and the sentence that follows. The poorly misinformed writer of this page is quoted as such:
“The insurrection was unprecedented. Never before had this beacon of American Democracy been besieged by its own citizens”
We have all seen the attempts by leftist political factions to deem the protest of January 6th, 2021 as an insurrection even though nobody has been charged with such a crime, no weapons or attempts to overthrow a government were involved, and this protest was the culmination of a year’s worth of riots in the streets and cities of almost every U.S. state by leftist and anarcho-communist groups that resulted in billions in damage and untold lives lost, as well as a highly questionable election in which many questions remain unanswered. Whether it was turning election day into election month(s), media outlets and big tech hiding pertinent stories about the Biden crime family and their ties to foreign governments, massive corporations like Facebook sending billions of dollars to individual election commissions, censoring politicians and individuals for no reason, or strange and sudden “discoveries” of boxes filled with votes magically appearing from thin air in the wee hours of the morning after election day, there are some very legitimate questions about the way 2020’s election was handled. Despite the left’s constant attempts to ignore and disregard these realities, it seems as if these issues may never really go away.
Still, that obvious mischaracterization isn’t even the most egregious lie written within this sentence! Not even close. With this being coined as a “history” book, you would think that our nation’s actual history might make an appearance at some point. You’d be wrong.
Let’s take a look at just a couple of the events that prove the statement above to be utter nonsense.
MAY 1932: The Bonus Army SIEGE Of The Capitol
In 1924, a promise was made to World War I veterans and their families by Washington DC. The government had promised to pay a “bonus” to these veterans for their service. Veterans dubbed it the “Tombstone Bonus” because the payment had been deferred to 1945, and they felt most of them would be dead before they could cash in on it. The Great Depression, which led many of these verterans’ into unemployment, was in full swing in 1932. So the veterans decided to go and get the money that was owed them. That’s when the siege began.
More than 20,000 veterans, their families, and supporters laid siege to the building demanding to be paid their bonuses. After a couple of months, skirmishes broke out between police and veterans, and interestingly enough, much like in the January 2021 riot, the only people actually killed were protesters.
The Smithsonian wrote a great piece on this which you can read by clicking here. But, suffice it to say, eventually this led to a full on military invasion with tanks rolling down the streets of Washington, DC along with 200 cavalry and 300 infantry. This operation, headed up by George Patton, eventually led to the evacuation of the majority of the WWI vets. However, a semi-permanent “hoover-town” remained for quite some time even after the makeshift shanties had been burned to the ground almost entirely.
THE 1983 Far Left Bombing Of The Capitol:
But, let’s look at our more recent past…how about 1983 when a far left group literally set off a bomb inside the Capitol building? Fun-fact, Susan Rosenberg, who was arrested for the attack, was later pardoned by Democrat Bill Clinton and later began work as a head of fundraising for “Black Lives Matter International inc.” Isn’t it interesting how bombing the Capitol made her a hero to the left, pardoned by Democrats, leading fundraising for another far left Marxist revolutionary group in The United States of America?
2018 Capitol Invasion By Leftist Groups:
Remember 2018?
in 2018 thousands of leftists descended on the Capitol building, during the Supreme Court Nomination Hearing of Justice Brett Kavanaugh. They stormed into the rotunda, barricaded Senators in elevators and staffers into offices. These (to use the left’s phraseology) “insurrectionists” were determined to “interfere with a congressional proceeding” (the charge that the vast majority of January 6th defendants have been given) and were helped along the way by the fluffy coverage from Main-Stream Media. Were they called terrorists? Were books written about their attempt at overthrowing the institution of confirming Supreme Court Justices? No, not even close. As a matter of fact, take a look at this video below, and compare the two incidents.
“This comes at a great time for the protesters!” said MSM.
Now, this context could have been added. That would have helped to make this book look more like an ACTUAL “history” book. However, make no mistake. This book was never meant to be a history book. It is meant to lead children into woke philosophies through revisionism, politically motivated propaganda, and flat-out lies. That’s the goal here.
In this piece we only looked at a single sentence, on a single page, and were able to point to 3 events disproving the assertion made by simply taking a cursory look into the claim. The entire page is full of mistruths. The entire book is as well.
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Regardless of whether they use this exact book or not, these beliefs and this propaganda is being taught in our state’s schools. This is a problem that deserves immediate rectification. There is little time to wait before we lose an entire generation to the falsehoods presented as fact to children by the left in this nation.