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Current events largely resemble what happened in the early 1800s, but there is a way to fight back, a historian said Saturday. Nicole Lee Schroeder, PhD, an Assistant Prof at Kean University, took to social media this weekend to explain some parallels between the 2000s and the 1820s. “It is a really jarring moment to be a historian. To know what might be coming is alarming,” Schroeder wrote Saturday. “To realize that no one around you sees it or acknowledges it is a weird place to be in. It’s like time traveling without time traveling.” Want more breaking political news? Click for the latest h…