Should Mel Gibson’s ‘The Patriot’ be Taught as True History?

Americans are conditioned to believe sanitized versions of history are accurate

U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Dennis Cantrell, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

There’s a movement going on in the United States that suggest schools shouldn’t teach the truth about slavery because it makes children “feel bad about themselves.” Oddly, the people behind this movement have no issue with…