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Rhiannon12866

(205,311 posts)
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 09:48 PM Jun 2022

How Trump's Coup Plot Followed A 'Pre-Existing Script In American History' - All In - MSNBC



Chris Hayes: We tend to think about January 6th as unprecedented. But as we learn more, it looks like a pre-existing script in American political life. It is not one we are taught in school, but this blueprint has existed in this way, particularly in the South after the Civil War. Aired on 06/29/2022.


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How Trump's Coup Plot Followed A 'Pre-Existing Script In American History' - All In - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jun 2022 OP
k&r Thanks for posting Rhiannon! alwaysinasnit Jun 2022 #1
Thanks! Extremely good take on history. Rhiannon12866 Jun 2022 #2
Yup, no wonder the white supremacists don't want this type of history taught in schools. alwaysinasnit Jun 2022 #3
It sounds like they no longer want much of any history to be taught in schools Rhiannon12866 Jun 2022 #4

Rhiannon12866

(205,311 posts)
2. Thanks! Extremely good take on history.
Wed Jun 29, 2022, 10:21 PM
Jun 2022

And we tend to gloss over the lasting damage of not having sufficiently addressed the Civil War.

Rhiannon12866

(205,311 posts)
4. It sounds like they no longer want much of any history to be taught in schools
Thu Jun 30, 2022, 01:50 AM
Jun 2022

Accurate history, anyway.

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