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edhopper

(37,273 posts)
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 06:43 PM Feb 15

I did not anticipate the destruction of our history [View all]

I knew the Trump presidency would be bad, worse than most said. But what I did not see coming was the ruthless carnage of our collective history for fascist, bigoted reasons. And none of this will be fixed by the flip of a switch in the next Administration. It is gone, as Kansas sang "dust in the wind".
Not since the burning of the Library at Alexandria or the shredding of the books from the Mayan Empire has the wholesale removal of written history, which has taken centuries of scholarship and research, seen such a level of barbarity.
What this loathsome Pig has done to the Smithsonian, the Pentagon, the CDC, NASA, the National Parks and every collection he and his minions can get their disgusting hands on is beyond unpardonable. He has thrown out so much, and I don't see how we will ever recover much of it.
It is not still out there only to be returned, it is gone.

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I worry not Trumpdumper Feb 15 #1
History hasn't been destroyed, indusurb Feb 15 #2
You are right kwolf68 Feb 15 #3
Reality will set in. cachukis Feb 15 #4
Yes. And so will the history of these fascist fks. Sooner or later B.See Feb 15 #9
I really feel bad for ALL young people today bluestarone Feb 15 #5
I share your sentiment. This is SO much worse than I thought. yellow dahlia Feb 15 #6
A group was archiving government webpages BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 15 #7
1984 - The memory hole... Wounded Bear Feb 15 #8
This has all happened before. OC375 Feb 15 #10
When it happened in Alexandria edhopper Feb 15 #13
We don't know what we lost OC375 Feb 15 #24
Im hoping some employees took stuff home. Figarosmom Feb 15 #11
Probably some edhopper Feb 15 #14
Years in the future Figarosmom Feb 16 #28
Shades of Iraq.. Hope22 Feb 15 #12
I remember books. BidenRocks Feb 15 #15
Much of what the government had edhopper Feb 15 #16
I am depressed every day. BidenRocks Feb 15 #17
Source? NJCher Feb 16 #27
The articles I read edhopper Feb 16 #30
I'd have to see NJCher Feb 16 #31
History is like your integrity maxrandb Feb 15 #18
We still know Aristotle's Poetics despite it being burned. mr715 Feb 15 #19
There might have been 100 other plays edhopper Feb 15 #20
Well, that makes me sad. mr715 Feb 15 #21
He was not wrong edhopper Feb 15 #23
Idk, I thought Plato came off professorial mr715 Feb 16 #25
I believe that the backlash against this administration, will be Jack Valentino Feb 15 #22
The markodochartaigh Feb 16 #26
Yep. i agree. But ultimately, i guess the American people as a whole didn't deserve it. lostnfound Feb 16 #29
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