In fact, if there's valuable criticism to be made of the series, it most likely to come from a variety of left perspectives (internationalist, Black nationalist, Marxist): that it foregrounds American experiment in way that overlooks commonality of settler-colonial states.
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I think in time the opening essay, by
@nhannahjones will be seen as one of the great statements of American patriotism, in the spirit of Douglass' "Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln"Show this thread
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jeet you’re wrong we hate america
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Why shocking? Really asking, not snarky.
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Because people are acting like it's a wild, anti-American screed.
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They are extraordinary. America makes so much more sense when you understand its real history.
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Flawed as we are, America is worth fighting for - we can’t let ignorance, fear, and greed take over.
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im looking forward to reading 20,000 word think pieces in quillette & national review on how reading 1619 essays is pushing reasonable centrists like richard spencer towards the alt-right
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It's still the New York Times. They are the voice of the mainstream, enablers of the status quo.
@nhannahjones deserves significant credit for leading such a conservative institution to such a reckoning with history, even if it's 100s of years past due.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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