One of the inevitable consequences of all the lies we’ve been told lately is that you begin to question some older, historical claims that are treated as gospel. And that’s a rational response. After all, if the experts in the 21st century are willing to lie to us about pandemics and the Iraq war, then you can only imagine how many lies were being told in previous centuries, before people had access to social media.
Seeing what happened to Donald Trump, for example, you might wonder whether Richard Nixon was really a crook. You might question whether we were told the truth about JFK’s assassination or the whole backstory that’s been created around legendary figures like Pocahontas or Harriet Tubman.
Today there’s yet another historical narrative we can add to this list. After reviewing recent events, I have come to the inescapable conclusion that we really need to take a…
