Ben Shapiro and others have recently been fairly explicit about this; quite apart from 'historicity' as it's normally understood in everyday usage, he believes a 'usable past' of this kind is required for national cohesion and so must be fostered on that basis alonehttps://twitter.com/Patrick_Wyman/status/1287749578884648961 …
I always find this thin-skinned approach both frustrating and unnecessary. The United States is not and was never perfect; we have our share of shameful historical moments. But it is nevertheless possible to tell a hopeful story of the USA without abandoning history proper.
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Like usual, the extremists on both sides are dumb. The US is better than a lot of nations, but still imperfect. The 1619 Project approach of "slavery, therefore we are all laboring under an infinite burden of original sin" is dumb. "American exceptionalism" isn't too much better.
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A good approach recognizes the virtues and the vices alike. But if it doesn't fit into a tweet, it's too complex for a Red Tribe/Blue Tribe argument, so people go to extremes to mock their enemies, and wind up sounding like fools.
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