In the national context, The Jefferson County School Board, in Colorado, has proposed to edit the US History curriculum by cutting the ugly parts of the history such racism, Hiroshima bombing, etc. in an effort to "promote citizenship, patriotism ... (and) respect for authority" and not "encourage or condone civil disorder, social strife or disregard of the law." Students and Teachers from Denver area have protested since August to stop these changes. In my opinion, I believe that these measures are very similar to those in Nazi Germany or in Communist Countries in which the students were brainwashed to make them robots of the system. Paraphrasing “The Bible”, “The truth shall make you free”, in order for us to be free, we need to know the truth about things to know what options do we have, that is the difference between democracy and dictatorship. The US can’t go around the world preaching about freedom and democracy when at home these ideals are betrayed.
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