GOP state senator (VA) thinks Lincoln debated Frederick Douglass (article a month old):

[tblue37]

Republican school bill mocked for claim Frederick Douglass debated Lincoln: Virginia bill banning teaching of ‘divisive concepts’ confused black civil rights campaigner with white senator Stephen Douglas

A Republican bill to ban the teaching of “divisive concepts” in schools in Virginia ran into ridicule when among historical events deemed suitable for study, it described a nonexistent debate between Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.

Lincoln did engage in a series of historic debates hinged on the issue of slavery, in the Illinois Senate campaign of 1858. But he did so against Stephen Douglas, a senator who had ties to slavery – not against Frederick Douglass, the great campaigner for the abolition of slavery who was once enslaved himself.

The Virginia bill was sponsored by Wren Williams, a freshman Republican sent to the state capital, Richmond, in a tumultuous November election.

Identifying “divisive concepts” including racism and sexism, the bill demanded the teaching of “the fundamental moral, political and intellectual foundations of the American experiment in self-government.”

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[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. History taught wrong...Wrong Douglass, asshole!

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Gee whiz people!

[tblue37]

2. I like what this professor had to say:

“New rule,” wrote Steve Vladeck, a University of Texas law professor. “If you don’t know the difference between Frederick Douglass and Stephen Douglas, you don’t get to tell anyone else what to teach.”

[ProudMNDemocrat]

4. Indeed...Bravo

[CurtEastPoint]

3. Hi! I'm Wren Williams and I am a fucking idiot.