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Podcast: Beer and Conversation with Pigweed and Crowhill
Episode: 265: Howard Zinn and his commie take on American history
Description: P&C drink and review Sunny Little Thing from Sierra Nevada, then discuss Howard Zinn and his partisan "history" books.Â
Zinn was a 60s leftist and one-time communist who wrote a "people's history" of the United States, which has become way too influential, especially in the educational system. This anti-American propaganda has been used to poison young minds against the U.S.A.Â
One big problem with Zinn's focus on American sins is that there's no sense of proportion. E.g., "as compared to what?" When we evaluate the past, we have to measure people ag...