RICHMOND — Virginia lawmakers have passed a bill that prohibits schools from teaching that the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection was a peaceful demonstration or that there was massive fraud in the 2020 presidential election, the first Democratic state to try to shape how such events are taught.

“The White House webpage says January 6 was a peaceful protest, and people who instigated it were the police and National Guard,” said Del. Dan Helmer (D-Fairfax), the sponsor of the bill, which passed the state Senate this week and the House of Delegates last month. “This is a preventative measure against a massive disinformation campaign on the part of the White House.”

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      I have noticed a shocking lack of reading comprehension on Lemmy recently. Between that and the rabid hatred for all Americans I’m really starting to consider dropping the platform.

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        TBF, we Americans kinda brought this upon ourselves.

        But the reading comprehension issue is a fuckin’ doozie.

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        Can at least move over to Piefed, I heard it’s better? Kinda stuck with everyone still on federated platforms, though, and I can assure you reading comprehension is worse on the mainstream apps… and only groups without America hate right now are pretty creepy right wing outlets lol

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      The Virginia lawmakers who are apparently completely obtuse as to the realities of what happened on Jan 6.