Historical misinformation alone cannot explain Christian nationalists’ wrong answers

Evidence

Why are they so misinformed? In part, because there is a cottage industry that spreads historical misinformation. It includes amateur “historians” like David Barton and religious right organizations like Focus on the Family, WallBuilders, and even Donald Trump’s 1776 Commission. But if historical misinformation were the whole story, we’d expect these incorrect views about religion’s place in American political history to exhibit the same pattern among Black Americans. But they don’t. — Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry, The Flag and the Cross, 115

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Christian-nation founding story contradicts documented history; Repressed historical truths resurface distorted in conspiratorial politics — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror…, 901

Broader Connections

• Repressed historical truths resurface distorted in conspiratorial politics #complicates (0.75) — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 901
• The Christian-nation founding story contradicts documented history #corroborates (0.72)