My favorite thing about the people complaining about the project is that like you, they all make it obvious they haven’t read any of it. But if the facts of American history erode your faith in the American experiment, it’s your commitment to liberty that is lacking.
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Again, i have no issue with people critiquing the project or disagreeing with what’s in it. I have a problem with “we all know slavery happened, who cares” and “if you want to read about slavery and how it shaped America you hate America.”
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The former is dumb on its face, the latter reveals the critic did not so much as read the intro essay, which is about the author understanding how her veteran father could love this country despite being denied the rights enshrined in its founding documents.
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I admit that I haven't read the Blumrosens' book (or even heard of it until now), but at least judging from this review, it sounds extremely speculative.https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-4022-0400-5 …
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That review makes it sound like they rely on reading between the lines and surmising what people *really* meant--which is an approach I don't trust for things that happened last week, let alone three hundred years ago.
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Slave-owner Jefferson in 1774: "The abolition of slavery is the great object desire in the colonies". He remonished "His Majesty" for defeating the colonies' attempts at prohibition.
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