And who do you think it was that fought to end Jim Crow and lead the fight for gay rights? That's right, you guessed it, it was progressives.
Literally every great turning point in US history happened because progressives made it happen. Name it and progressives were behind it.
Conservatives, of course, fought these changes at every step of the line.
Conservatives opposed the revolution.
Conservatives opposed freeing the slaves.
Conservatives opposed women's rights.
Conservatives opposed -- and continue to oppose -- public education.
Conservatives opposed -- and continue to oppose -- democracy in the workplace.
Conservatives opposed child labor laws.
Conservatives opposed the New Deal.
Conservatives opposed Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
Conservatives also opposed the civil rights movement and continue to oppose the gay rights movement.
Name a great achievement in US history and conservatives were against it.
This isn't opinion, it's just fact, and it's the real reason why conservatives are going absolutely bonkers about the AP US history curriculum.
They're worried that if young people study real history, not the Reaganized fluff Republicans are pushing, they'll realize that conservatives have been on the wrong side of history for the past 200-plus years.
From a conservative perspective, banning AP history makes perfect sense.
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