MUST-READ ESSAY BY TIMOTHY SNYDER ON AMERICA'S NEW "MEMORY LAWS"

 Six US states have recently passed laws or guidelines limiting what can be taught about race and racism in US history and in the US today. Twelve more states are considering similar legislation.

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This isn't just a slippery slope; it's a slime-coated declivity that tramples vital facts underfoot and elevates an official narrative and the feelings of discomfort that facts may cause into the arbiters of what can and cannot be taught.

In the June 29th edition of the New York Times Magazine, Yale professor and author Timothy Snyder has gifted us a compelling essay about this dangerous movement, entitled The War on History is a War on Democracy.

I'd add that this isn't just a war on democracy, it's a war on reason and reality. 

If you haven't done so already, please take the time to read it.

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REA 7/13/21