Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me

Debunking the False Narratives Defining America’s School Curricula

By: Wilfred Reilly

Narrated by: Mirron Willis

A college professor debunks the myths that have infiltrated America's school curricula.

In 1995, James W. Loewen penned the classic work of criticism Lies My Teacher Told Me, a left-leaning corrective that addressed much of what was sanitized and omitted from American history books.

But in the decades that followed, false leftist narratives—as wrong as those they supplanted—have come to dominate American academia and education. Now, in the same spirit but updated for 2024, Wilfred Reilly demolishes the scholastic myths propagated by the left, uncovers fresh angles on “established” events, and turns what we think we know about history upside down. Among the popular lies he debunks:

• “The ‘Red Scare’ was a moral panic that caught no commies”
• “Native Americans were peaceful people who spent all day dancing”
• “European colonialism was—empirically—a no-good, terrible, very bad thing”
• “The racist ‘Southern Strategy’ turned the South Republican”
• “The Vietnam War was unpopular and pointless”

Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me sets the record straight on many of these myths, explaining that there actually were communists in Hollywood; that many Native American tribes were cannibals, owned slaves and made them march the Trail of Tears with them; and that history, while almost always bad for Black Americans, was much worse for all of us than we tend to think it was.

Smart, irreverent, and deeply researched, Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me will revolutionize your understanding of history and reveal a new and refreshing way to teach and think about the past.

©2023 Wilfred Reilly (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers

Now I Understand

Facts and Truth! Thank you for such a clear and thoughtful telling of the truth and setting the record straight!

fantastic

This was a very good book, and debunked many commonly conceived notions that are just categorically inaccurate. The positions were well thought out and the supporting evidence presented was spot on. Highly recommend this book!

Fact based rebuttals to many issues in the mainstream media.

Interesting viewpoint of many hot topics. I like that everything is supported by statistics and various sources. Great read!

Supporting data to older claims

Professor Reilly is not covering new ground here. These are common countervailing arguments to old left of center assertions. What Professor Reilly does do is collect the new pertinent data that seldom ever gets equal representation by the wider academic society or the media & drags it into the light much to the consternation of those who wish to sell you their narrative.

Excellent

I love WR. He’s smart and non partisan. He writes well. He’s witty. I’ll buy and read any book he writes.

Depth of detail in book

A very pleasant treat to hear a different side of the liberal argument. Well done!

slavery

as a history major, I am very glad to know the ideas discussed in this book. Excellent research. can't wait to finish this.

Well-researched and supported counterpoint to popular myths disguised as fact

Dr. Reilly’s main theme is that many of the welknown and accepted “facts” currently being reported in the media and taught in the classroom are simply not true. As a careful historian, he presents data from multiple sources to support his points. This could be soporific in an audio format but for the entertaining narration and relatively short focused chapters. Terrific and enlightening book!

Good Format

I Liked the book's format e.g. numbering the "lies." On the other hand, the Narrator made too many mistakes in pronunciation, and sometimes even an incorrect choice of a word.

A Must Read for Parents With Children in our Public Schools

At what point does the intentional propagandizing of American students by Socialist teachers cross the line to the act of sedition. The examples outlined in this book make a very strong case that there is a concerted effort by the national teachers unions to turn young Americans against their government. Mao got the children to turn against their parents. It could happen here if parents don’t intervene in their child’s education.