10 Historical ‘Facts’ Only A Left-Winger Would Believe

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10 Historical ‘Facts’ Only A Left-Winger Would Believe

By Ann | June 15, 2018 8:31AM

Liberals are masters of using rhetoric to make their worldview sound like reality, but history tells a very different tale. Here are 10 historical “facts” only a left-winger would believe.

1. Columbus was an imperial conqueror who committed genocide

As with many other problematic historical figures, liberals are intent on erasing Christopher Columbus from history. “Progressive” cities across the country have replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous People’s Day, under the belief that Columbus was a greedy, conquering savage who murdered mass numbers of Native Americans in cold blood.

But the truth is much more nuanced than that.

https://thepoliticalinsider.com/historical-facts-only-liberals-believe/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=criticalimpact&utm_campaign=TPI_weekend_newsletter_6_16_2018&utm_content=4371d3fdbb69c3b8a6473c7b9fa19141&source=CI

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1. Columbus was an imperial conqueror who committed genocide
2. The Puritans stole Native American lands
3. The Union is blameless in the Civil War
4. The revisionist history of the Ku Klux Klan
5. Republicans enforced Jim Crow laws and opposed the Civil Rights Act
6. Labor unions gave us the weekend
7. Minimum wage laws help minorities and low-skilled workers
8. Franklin Roosevelt fixed the Great Depression
9. The War on Poverty worked
10. Communism is a worthy cause