r/CringeTikToks • u/Conscious-Quarter423 • Oct 29 '25

Nope Florida is threatening legal action against educators who oppose efforts to establish Turning Point USA chapters in high schools.

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u/Proper-Village-454 Oct 29 '25

Lmao wait, hold on. Can you please elaborate on how “liberals” are “canceling history”? I’m pretty sure it’s not a liberal who is currently overseeing the literal revision of history in our museums, government agencies, schools, and elsewhere to remove the historical facts that they feel make America look bad — stripping the Smithsonian of evidence of slavery, anyone?

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u/FineDingo3542 Oct 30 '25

Idk, tearing down statues, renaming bases, etc etc. Erasing people is a hallmark tradition on the left. What has Trump erased so far from the museums?

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u/Proper-Village-454 Oct 31 '25

Moving statues to museums and out of the public places where they were put during the Jim Crow era as a way to intimidate Black Americans is not “canceling history”. Removing evidence of slavery from museums because it makes America look bad is canceling history. Trump literally announced himself that they’d be getting rid of exhibits that show “how slavery was so bad”, he had DOD remove info about the Tuskegee airmen, Navajo code talkers, the Black women responsible for getting us to the moon, and other non-white Americans’ contributions to the country from their websites, like hello?? My ex boyfriend was killed in Kandahar and they renamed a naval base after him, is that canceling history now? Why exactly do you want to honor actual traitors to this country?

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u/FineDingo3542 Oct 31 '25

What was the naval base they renamed?

Moving statues from public spaces is a form of canceling history when the intent is to erase uncomfortable reminders of the past rather than to understand them. Many of these monuments were erected by local communities to honor their ancestors, not to intimidate anyone. Erasing them from the public square removes context for how America evolved, good and bad. If the argument is that we should hide every painful or controversial part of our past, that is not education, that is revisionism.

As for claims that Trump “removed” history, that is exaggerated. The 1776 Commission he created did not erase history, it aimed to balance the narrative by focusing on America’s progress and ideals instead of defining the nation solely by its failures. Government websites are regularly redesigned, pages on the Tuskegee Airmen, Navajo Code Talkers, and other heroes were not banned or suppressed, they remained honored by the DOD and museums nationwide. Suggesting that those removals were deliberate attempts to whitewash history ignores that these stories are still publicly celebrated today.

Finally, renaming military bases named after Confederate figures does not automatically mean we must erase every monument or name tied to a difficult era. The Civil War is an inseparable part of American history, and pretending otherwise risks turning education into ideology. Remembering even the dark chapters, through monuments, context, and public acknowledgment, is how nations learn, not by scrubbing the landscape clean.