Roy Edroso writes:
As you may have noticed by following their writings, conservatives are not sticklers for historical accuracy, especially when they have a point to defend and not a lot of evidence to support it [….] There are plenty of others. I’ve picked out 10 such ideas
via 10 historical “facts” only a wingnut could believe – Salon.com.
• 10. The Robber Barons weren’t robbers — they were capitalist heroes.
• 9. Sputnik bankrupted the Soviet Union.
• 8. Galileo was a conservative.
• 7. The Founding Fathers really tried to end slavery.
• 6. Teddy Roosevelt was a socialist.
• 5. Conservatives swept MLK and the Civil Rights movement to victory.
• 4. Margaret Sanger was all about the eugenics.
• 3. Women were better off before they got the vote.
• 2. Darwin is a menace to Western Civilization.
• 1. FDR: History’s greatest monster.