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Re: A surprising poll about GOP book bans should light a fire under Democrats

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Wed, 23 Feb 22 10:44 PM | 16 view(s)
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One of the most important things about studying history is to understand how people thought then and to examine the consequences of the way they thought, for better or worse, or for better and worse, because usually decisions have both sorts of consequence.

One of the least important is to judge people of yesteryear by later standards, and to lay blame for the mistakes we believe our ancestors made at the feet of their decendants.

No country has a history that makes them heroic paragons of virtue. The best you can hope is that you did more that was good than bad. In my view, the US has plenty to be proud of, and it has made some mistakes too. The problem is to look backwards and not to expect to see both.

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A surprising poll about GOP book bans should light a fire under Democrats
By: clo2 in ALEA
Wed, 23 Feb 22 8:35 PM 		Msg. 44722 of 54959

A surprising poll about GOP book bans should light a fire under Democrats

By Greg Sargent
Today at 11:18 a.m. EST

As Democrats debate the GOP’s all-culture-war-all-the-time campaign strategy, here’s a maxim worth remembering: If you’re wasting political bandwidth denying lies about yourselves, you’re losing.

A new CBS News poll offers data that should prod Democrats into rethinking these culture-war battles. It finds that surprisingly large majorities oppose banning books on history or race — and importantly, this is partly because teaching about our racial past makes students more understanding of others’ historical experiences.

The poll finds that 83 percent of Americans say books should never be banned for criticizing U.S. history; 85 percent oppose banning them for airing ideas you disagree with; and 87 percent oppose banning them for discussing race or depicting slavery.

What’s more, 76 percent of Americans say schools should be allowed to teach ideas and historical events that “might make some students uncomfortable.” And 68 percent say such teachings make people more understanding of what others went through, while 58 percent believe racism is still a serious problem today.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/23/cbs-poll-republicans-oppose-book-bans-woke/

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