This is a key defining attribute of the far right globally (Johnson absolutely is that).
They loathe historians, actual history, archives, libraries and books, but they value the immense rhetorical power that history can possess for the public, so they pervert history, lie and obfuscate
They loathe historians, actual history, archives, libraries and books, but they value the immense rhetorical power that history can possess for the public, so they pervert history, lie and obfuscate
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Amanda Marcotte
Mike Johnson's fake "Jefferson prayer" didn't read like an honest mistake, but a deliberate provocation. He even mocked historians in his intro.
I put his stunt into context. Fake history is a linchpin weapon of Christian nationalists.
www.salon.com/2025/01/07/w...
I put his stunt into context. Fake history is a linchpin weapon of Christian nationalists.
www.salon.com/2025/01/07/w...
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