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Much like NPR, the Left attacks United States history, blatantly distorting the truth at every turn! Naturally, the Democratic Party squeals when it is discovered, wailing and gnashing their teeth.

It truly breaks my heart that an institution such as the Smithsonian demonstrates such bias and drivel. Find out those responsible and help them find new places of Employment! FAFO!

“One placard, featured alongside a 1923 circus poster, reads: "Under the big top, circuses expressed the colonial impulse to claim dominion over the world." Another, describing early American entertainment, declares: "One of the earliest defining traits of entertainment in the United States was extraordinary violence."
The exhibit reframes iconic American characters through a critical, politically-charged lens. On The Lone Ranger, the display states: "The White title character’s relationship with Tonto resembled how the U.S. government imagined itself the world’s Lone Ranger."
Mickey Mouse, a beloved American cultural icon, is not spared either. A display for the 1928 cartoon Steamboat Willie states, "Mickey challenged authority, but not everyone was in on the joke."
It continues: "Mickey Mouse debuted as the deckhand ‘Steamboat Willie’ in 1928, amidst a rising anxiety felt by many that modern living and city life were eroding family and community ties and loosening moral codes… But the new character’s outsized facial features, white gloves, and trickster temperament were vestiges of longstanding traditions of blackface minstrelsy.”

Can you add a link please? I'd like to read the article.

Was that written by Damon Wayan's Oswald Bates character on In Living Color?

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Originally posted by 6guns:
Can you add a link please? I'd like to read the article.

Quick Google search brings this- https://www.foxnews.com/politi...political-narratives

https://apple.news/A0zvPmzeETbKUF-VXvBC5SA

I hope this works… it is pulled from Apple Nes Site.

It does work!!

I also discovered that the USA contributes 28% of the United Nations budget… I plan to explore that to find out why that institution is anti-American and anti-Israel. If any members have information, I would welcome it… perhaps under a new thread.

Thanks!

It’s nothing new for the Smithsonian. Remember what Air & Space did to the Enola Gay until they were forced to revise the exhibit after facing loud and angry complaints from real Americans?

I wonder how they’d do without federal funding…

-Rob

Another linked article.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/...734408&lctg=26773771

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Originally posted by BurtonRW:
I wonder how they’d do without federal funding…

Ooh! Ooh! Pick Me!

Their budget from appropriated (e.g. taxpayer) funds is around $1 billion, with an additional half billion in Federal contracts and grants (yes, over and above their congressional appropriation). Program revenue, grants from the private sector, and gifts/donations only total around $300 million.

So unless they could do what they do with only 20% of their current budget, the answer to the above question is "Not well." Rent and utilities alone would consume half of that amount.

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Originally posted by tleddy:

Mickey Mouse, a beloved American cultural icon, is not spared either. A display for the 1928 cartoon Steamboat Willie states, "Mickey challenged authority, but not everyone was in on the joke."

It continues: "Mickey Mouse debuted as the deckhand ‘Steamboat Willie’ in 1928, amidst a rising anxiety felt by many that modern living and city life were eroding family and community ties and loosening moral codes… But the new character’s outsized facial features, white gloves, and trickster temperament were vestiges of longstanding traditions of blackface minstrelsy.”

What the F...? Great example of curators attempting to find issues where there isn't, which seems to be the trend amongst revisionist bigots that are hired-on as historians.

Mickey replaced Oswald the Rabbit as Disney was looking for a character that could better express emotion through movement while also being easier to draw. Mickey's body is based around circles with cleaner lines and the contrast of a gloved hand made it easier for animators to show hand & finger movement while also providing contrast to whatever was in the background; Bugs Bunny, Donald Duck, Goofy all wear gloves for the same reason. Prior to Mickey, was Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and Julius the Cat who were contemporaries of Felix the Cat and Koko the Clown during the silent film era. Animation like motion pictures was in their early infancy, the movements and antics of most animated characters were based around Buster Keaton & Charlie Chaplin characters however the rough movements and limitations of black n'while imagery left much of the story-telling to body movement and expression, thus a new generation of characters like Mickey were introduced as the film medium evolved.

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Originally posted by BurtonRW:
It’s nothing new for the Smithsonian.

Yep. The Smithsonian is a museum and academic system, ran and staffed almost exclusively by academics, so it should come as no surprise that they're infested with the same progressive rot that has been festering inside all of academia as a whole for several generations now.

Academia and the arts have always been the primary strongholds of liberalism/progressivism. (Partly due to the natural leanings of many of those folks drawn towards academics and artists versus other industries and professions, and partly as a strategic move designed specifically to help ensure the wider and more rapid spread of their message.)

The Smithsonian:

One panel calls Magnum, P.I. a challenge to the "popular perceptions of Vietnam veterans as damaged misfits." A section on Jon Stewart’s Daily Show refers to it as "the go-to for viewers who mistrusted politicians and the reporting process."

Umm... Okay.

The Trump Administration's report on the "ideological capture" of the Smithsonian is out and it is a banger.

"This report by the Domestic Policy Council demonstrates that NMAH [National Museum of American History] fails in the basic task of
illuminating our heritage. Our central finding is not that the Museum has simply added
overlooked stories, corrected perceived errors, or broadened its historical scope. Rather, it is that Museum leadership has explicitly adopted an ideological framework that no longer treats the
American story as a shared national inheritance to be taught or celebrated, but as a political
instrument to divide, dispirit, and discourage our citizens. "

LINK TO THE REPORT

There are no surprises here. Time to cut off, or severely limit, federal funding of the Smithsonian. Another once great American institution taken over and managed by leftists and progressives. No doubt, over the past few decades, their "leadership" and staff have been recruited from liberal/progressive American universities and colleges.

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Originally posted by uvahawk:
There are no surprises here. Time to cut off, or severely limit, federal funding of the Smithsonian.

F that, clean house!
Smithsonian and many other institutions are the curators of our national patrimony; the holder of American cultural artifacts. The answer is to cut-out root n'branch and to put into stone, 'thou shall not reinterpret, editorialize, exaggerate or fictionalize history'

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What the F...? Great example of curators attempting to find issues where there isn't, which seems to be the trend amongst revisionist bigots that are hired-on as historians.

Not just museums, TV shows, such as Mysteries of the Abandoned it was interesting and informative, and used to just show places that you'd not seen around the world that were abandoned.

Now they have added social engineering commentary to aspects of every show, if it's a civil war location/fort then you can expect a dissertation on slavery and the horrible Americans involved..

I just finally had to turn it off.....

Just another version of tearing down statues and trying to alter and influence historical accuracy.

My county school system has a budget over twice that and they do far more damage.

Took a while for me to realize this was a revived old thread.

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Originally posted by 6guns:
Took a while for me to realize this was a revived old thread.

Same here. I read the whole thing and was like WTF? Then I went back and scrolled the dates.

I guess no one can follow a simple rule. “Old Thread Revival” or anything along those lines…