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Virginia moves to forbid schools from teaching that Jan. 6 was peaceful
(www.washingtonpost.com)
this post was submitted on 06 Mar 2026
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Do they not know that very widespread video evidence exists to the contrary?
Read the headline again, they are prohibiting teaching the false narrative that Jan 6th was peaceful
Who is "they" in your question?
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.
TBF, we Americans kinda brought this upon ourselves.
But the reading comprehension issue is a fuckin' doozie.
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
piefed has the same people
The Virginia lawmakers who are apparently completely obtuse as to the realities of what happened on Jan 6.
would you mind sharing what you believe should be taught about Jan 6?
That it wasn't a peaceful demonstration?
Well good news then, that’s what the story says will happen. Did you just completely misunderstand it?
Absolutely
Hey, it’s rare to see someone admit they were wrong these days. Happy to see it.
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Laugh at someone who's grown enough to admit their mistakes. That's so...gauche.
I was laughing at the situation, the way in which they admitted the mistake, not the mistake itself. If that was the case, I would have commented the laugh on the previous comment calling out the mistake.
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.
It certainly wasn't.
Okay…. Then why are the Virginia lawmakers obtuse for having the same position that you seem to?
Because I have reading comprehension issues
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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.
what realities are you referring to?
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVXH9iglOLfbufcSYVpqdllxp-ZXCU6Ic
Remember45 on YouTube has a good playlist
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.
Glad I'm not the only one who misreads this is haha. But its saying the opposite in this case.