American History is Full of Lies

Definition of discover: find (something or someone) unexpectedly or in the course of a search. Columbus discovered North America for the rest of Europe because he was the first to find it amongst other Europeans. Just because someone is already living in North America doesn't mean Columbus didn't discover it for the rest of the world. Columbus is the discoverer of North America for Europe. He was our discoverer because the pilgrims came from Europe. "Did your history books speak on his crimes of sexually abusing children under the age of 13? " Why do our history books need to mention that? We don't learn specifically about Christopher Columbus. We learn about his discovery. Not mentioning something is not the equivalent of lying. You don't even cite any sources when you say "I guess Martin Luther King was the only black person who tried to make a positive change" We don't specifically learn about other black activists such as Rosa Parks or Malcolm X because they were not as influential or as powerful as MLK. Again, Not mentioning everything is not the equivalent to lying. We were never taught "Everybody loved Martin Luther King" and we were never taught "Martin Luther King was the only black activist of his time. " I cannot stress this enough. Not mentioning something isn't the equivalent of lying. "There is no mention of Pilgrims' poisoned blankets that were used on the Natives or the millions of acres of land that were freely given to Europeans when they came to this new land" We had a whole unit on westward expansion, And we were told that the Natives were driven out by the newly come Europeans as if this wasn't already evident enough in the modern day. Why do we need to know how exactly the pilgrims' drove them out? Not mentioning something isn't lying. Let's say we are learning about WW2. If they don't mention the battle of Stalingrad this doesn't mean they want to cover something up. It's not a lie, It's just something not mentioned. "Dude, You spoke about Egyptian inventions, But did your history books explain that the people who inhabit Egypt today are not actual Egyptians from biblical times? " We were learning about Ancient Egypt. Not modern Egypt. They didn't mention modern Egypt but this doesn't mean they are saying that they are the same people as Ancient Egyptians. If we are learning about Ancient China, The textbook has no obligation to mention the Communist Revolution of China. Just because it isn't mentioned does not mean they are lying or denying the existence of communist Chinese. Let me put this into perspective. Let's say you are learning about the properties of right triangles in math class. Just because the math textbook does not mention the Pythagorean theorem that applies to the right triangles doesn't mean that the textbook is denying the Pythagorean theorem. Schools just don't have enough time to sit all their students through 5 hours of history classes to teach them every single thing about the religion of Islam, Or the Russian Communist Revolution, Or the invasion of Constantinople during the Crusades. Not mentioning is not the equivalent of denial. Therefore, American history classes are not lying, It's just that they don't have enough time or funding to literally sit everyone through and explain to them every single detail of every single event of history. It is just illogical, Too much to ask for, And even insulting to then call the educators "full of lies" because they didn't mention everything. The education system of history is not full of lies, It's just that the system doesn't mention everything.