RICHMOND — Virginia lawmakers have passed a bill that prohibits schools from teaching that the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection was a peaceful demonstration or that there was massive fraud in the 2020 presidential election, the first Democratic state to try to shape how such events are taught.
“The White House webpage says January 6 was a peaceful protest, and people who instigated it were the police and National Guard,” said Del. Dan Helmer (D-Fairfax), the sponsor of the bill, which passed the state Senate this week and the House of Delegates last month. “This is a preventative measure against a massive disinformation campaign on the part of the White House.”
39 Comments
jontree255@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 176d
I guess “Shape how events are taught” is telling the truth.
VA has come a long way from when I went to school when they were still teaching Lost Cause/States Rights bullshit.
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 16 pts · 176d
You can thank the blue wave. Virginia has a super majority in the House of Delegates and a majority in the Senate.
Gork@sopuli.xyz · 24 pts · 176d
Do they not know that very widespread video evidence exists to the contrary?
CobblerScholar@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 176d
Read the headline again, they are prohibiting teaching the false narrative that Jan 6th was peaceful
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 176d
Who is "they" in your question?
ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 176d
I have noticed a shocking lack of reading comprehension on Lemmy recently. Between that and the rabid hatred for all Americans I'm really starting to consider dropping the platform.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 176d
TBF, we Americans kinda brought this upon ourselves.
But the reading comprehension issue is a fuckin' doozie.
taiyang@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 176d
Can at least move over to Piefed, I heard it's better? Kinda stuck with everyone still on federated platforms, though, and I can assure you reading comprehension is worse on the mainstream apps... and only groups without America hate right now are pretty creepy right wing outlets lol
atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 175d
piefed has the same people
Gork@sopuli.xyz · -15 pts · 176d
The Virginia lawmakers who are apparently completely obtuse as to the realities of what happened on Jan 6.
kionay@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 176d
would you mind sharing what you believe should be taught about Jan 6?
Gork@sopuli.xyz · -3 pts · 176d
That it wasn't a peaceful demonstration?
lividweasel@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 176d
Well good news then, that’s what the story says will happen. Did you just completely misunderstand it?
Gork@sopuli.xyz · 10 pts · 175d
Absolutely
Katana314@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 175d
Hey, it’s rare to see someone admit they were wrong these days. Happy to see it.
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 175d
🤣
lividweasel@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 176d
Dude, there’s sooooo much video showing that it most certainly was not peaceful. Deny it all you want, but that won’t make it go away.
Gork@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 176d
It certainly wasn't.
lividweasel@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 176d
Okay…. Then why are the Virginia lawmakers obtuse for having the same position that you seem to?
Gork@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 175d
Because I have reading comprehension issues
Maeve@kbin.earth · 3 pts · 175d
❤️
What you don't have is childish, overblown ego issues, at least itt, and I very much appreciate you for that and your honesty. That's adulting.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 176d
what realities are you referring to?
Sineljora@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 176d
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVXH9iglOLfbufcSYVpqdllxp-ZXCU6Ic
Remember45 on YouTube has a good playlist
presoak@lazysoci.al · 4 pts · 176d
To be fair, they didn't set the building on fire or shoot anybody, which is what is generally expected from insurrections. It was more like black friday at Walmart.
Harvey656@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 176d
Glad I'm not the only one who misreads this is haha. But its saying the opposite in this case.
Illecors@lemmy.cafe · 21 pts · 176d
I don't get it. Is every state supposed to have a law about teachability (sure that's a word) of every event in history?
Laws are supposed to be generic. "Don't teach falsehood".
Katana314@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 175d
Historians might say more of history is contested than we might realize. In my lifetime, I learned that Thomas Edison was a brilliant inventor who made the light bulb through perseverance; not a ruthless businessman who stole ideas from interns and sabotaged Nikola Tesla.
So, it may be best not to codify things into law if they have even the slightest chance for debate. Hence why Germany made laws against denying the holocaust specifically.
Bakkoda@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 175d
A fractured nation is easy to coup
Quill7513@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 175d
states are preparing their cases for why their mandatory curriculum is valuable and the federal fascist dictated curriculum is a violation of the constitution. virginia, in particular, has the nation's testbed for standardized curricula, the SOL (standards of learning) that every student graduating highschool or getting a GED must demonstrate their proficiency in. by setting Jan 6 was a violent historic event, Virginia is creating a precedent that Virginians who participate in adult society MUST know that Jan 6 was violent
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 176d
Until you watch the video.... FFS, it's not that hard
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 176d
Because we live in different sets of reality, thanks to social media.
Maeve@kbin.earth · 3 pts · 175d
No we don't. A lie isn't a "different reality." It's a lie.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 173d
You're right but his point is more that he lie is their reality thanks to propaganda tubes like fox news
Maeve@kbin.earth · 1 pts · 172d
We have to call it what it is. We keep giving ground, look where it's gotten us.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 171d
I know, and I agree with you
I'm simply pointing out what it is from their perspective
You and I KNOW it's lies because we see news from various tested sources, people like that don't and this is their reality, from their perspective
Maeve@kbin.earth · 1 pts · 171d
I posit most of them know they are liars.
spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 176d
I think this is still allowed in comments... https://archive.ph/vxCs0#selection-247.0-247.71