Sadly, there are more examples to come, and I will be discussing them.
Trump order launches Smithsonian and its visitors into confusion, dismay
Current and former members of the institution’s board of regents condemned the edict, while visitors said the Trump administration was trying to edit U.S. history."President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order to eliminate what he considers “anti-American ideology” from the Smithsonian Institution cast the world’s largest museum, education and research complex into a state of confusion Friday, just as streams of tourists poured into Washington, drawn by idyllic spring weather and the appearance of the city’s famed cherry blossoms."
And here's a comment (or slapback):
"Former senator Patrick J. Leahy, a Democrat from Vermont who had been one of the longest-serving Smithsonian board members before his 2023 retirement, said in an interview with The Post on Friday that Trump “is trying to destroy everything that makes us so strong and diverse. I’ve never seen anybody be so destructive in such a short time.”
Controlling the society and country's perception and understanding of history, and trying to change that perception to fit a political mold, is an authoritarian tactic. And there have been many more, which I will describe soon.
It's not good. In fact, it's real bad.
“There is no place like the Smithsonian,” Leahy added. “The reason there’s no place like it is because it always expanded knowledge.”
Sadly, that's not something our current farce of a President is in favor of.
No comments:
Post a Comment