Hysterically Funny; Appallingly Ignorant

And while we are on the subject of ignorance…

It’s too much for this former teacher to read all at once. But you should sample, at least, Anders Henriksson’s European history as described in student papers. An example:

Great Brittian, the USA and other European countrys had demicratic leanings. The middle class was tired and needed a rest. The old order could see the lid holding down new ideas beginning to shake. Among the goals of the chartists were universal suferage and an anal parliment. Voting was done by ballad.

Of course, the Wilson Quarterly article is from 1983. Many of the contributors to Henriksson’s faux history have since gone on to become elected officials, parents of freshmen and, one supposes, history professors.

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