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During over the weekend, the president made a promise.

“We will teach our children the truth about America, that we are the most exceptional nation on the face of the earth,” he told the assembled crowd. “And no party can lead America that will not teach our children about America.”

So, he promises to teach children to love America, but at the same time teach them the truth about America.

He intended this as a rebuke to and its focus on slavery.

But it could just as easily be a rebuke to some of the more traditional history textbooks, which ignore big chunks of American history.

For example: In 2010, Texas adopted textbook guidelines that leave out the Ku Klux Klan and Jim Crow laws. Those are embarrassing episodes, but again, I didn鈥檛 hear the president say that teaching love of country requires ignoring the truth.

If you did that, America would no longer be exceptional. We鈥檇 be like the old Soviet Union, which for years never mentioned Stalin鈥檚 purges or the labor camps that at one time imprisoned 50 million people.

No — the president clearly said 鈥渨e will teach our children the truth about America.鈥�

By the way 鈥� Russians now聽do know the truth about Stalin, and yet a poll last year found he .

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