How the Republican Party became the guardian of the Confederacy & its symbols. My latest for @VanityFair:http://bit.ly/2yRtdqh
There's a difference between revering ideas & the men who are responsible for them from certain actions. This does a disservice to Founders
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just like proponents of social contract theory can celebrate the US while still realizing that the slavery that built it was wrong
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small govt proponents can look at the Confederacy as a failed attempt to implement that worldview while still condemning slavery-
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the idea that culturally or morally these 2 guys were far apart can only be a product of ignorance. they were 2 peas in a pod
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in the real world Robert E Lee was American royalty bc he was practically Washington's grand son. Lee's dad gave Washington's eulogy
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it only does a disservice to the Founders if in your mind "Confederate" is short hand for "awful, irredeemable person".
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