‘What’s something you once believed only to later realise it was propaganda?’ – 21 people who discovered they’d been completely hoodwinked

12.

‘That Columbus was a neat guy who came over looking to see what was out there, and made friends with the natives. I remember learning this in kindergarten, we drew pictures of our favourite of his three ships.’
–ODB247

13.

‘News reporters. I once gave an interview to a journalist about a topic I was representing. The published article shared almost nothing in common with what I actually said. They wrote the article they wanted and picked a couple quotes from what I said to make it sound like I was saying what they wanted said. That’s when I realized nothing I read in the news was true.’
–heyinternetman

14.

‘That ‘rights’ exist. They are very easy to take away. We have privileges, at best.’
–Think-I-Should-Move

15.

‘The Thanksgiving pilgrim story.’
–PoetThese

16.

‘I thought climate change was a hoax. Then I read a book by one of the chief denialists, and realised he (a scientist) was talking bullshit. Well done that author: you persuaded me that you were wrong.’
–Postulative

17.

‘Personal carbon footprints were created by the oil industry to offload the burden of decarbonisation from themselves to consumers.’
–Party-Ad4482

18.

‘Our concept of Santa in his red and white suit. Coca Cola branding.’
–—Axe—

19.

‘As a kid growing up in a small town in a northern/Union state in the Midwest (Ohio), I learned that the civil war was about ‘state’s rights, not slavery’. While we did learn about slavery generally, it wasn’t until I had a one very assertive high school teacher that I learned what specific ‘rights’ those states were most concerned about.’
–Sasha_NotSoApropos

20.

‘HR is there to support the employees.’
–HistoricalSuspect580

21.

‘The civil rights movement solved racism in America. Good lord my public school education was bullshit in some respects.’
–sunray_fox

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