Kelsey Grammer warns forgetting nation's history invites control
Actor Kelsey Grammer is warning that Americans who don’t know their country’s founding history are vulnerable to manipulation, and he’s placing the blame squarely on the education system. “If you don’t know where you come from, you don’t know who you are. If you don’t know who you are, you can be controlled,” Mr.
- ▪Actor Kelsey Grammer is warning that Americans who don’t know their country’s founding history are vulnerable to manipulation, and he’s placing the blame squarely on the education system.
- ▪“If you don’t know where you come from, you don’t know who you are.
- ▪If you don’t know who you are, you can be controlled,” Mr.
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| Publication time | Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:42:52 -0400 |
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Actor Kelsey Grammer is warning that Americans who don’t know their country’s founding history are vulnerable to manipulation, and he’s placing the blame squarely on the education system. “If you don’t know where you come from, you don’t know who you are. If you don’t know who you are, you can be controlled,” Mr. Grammer said during a Tuesday appearance on the “Planet Tyrus” podcast, as first reported by Fox News. The “Frasier” star said schools have failed to properly teach the nation’s founding story and called for the curriculum to be rebuilt from the ground up. Mr. Grammer, who recently played Lord Fairfax in the 2026 film “Young Washington,” also pushed back on critics who reduce the Founding Fathers to their age and race.
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