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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 20 Jun 2020

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Andrew Sullivan

    Also historical scholarship is not a finite resource or a zero sum game. The tens of thousands of books celebrating the contribution of white Americans (including white abolitionists) to the world won't disappear if we also start seeing Black Americans as agents in history.https://twitter.com/sullydish/status/1274393468341833729 …

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    Andrew Sullivan @sullydish
    They underplay it because it shows how white people along with black people have helped make this country better. For them, being white cannot be related to anything good. If it is their narrative implodes. https://twitter.com/DuncanMoench/status/1274390168632344576 …
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      1. Lauren K‏ @violetconflict 20 Jun 2020
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        Well, theoretically not a zero-sum game. It would sure help if humanities departments had funding!

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      2. Meeks‏ @FLman1980 20 Jun 2020
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        We’ve heard about the brave white people from the North over & over again. What’s changed? How has it helped? As of a couple weeks ago, all the racist slave owner statues were still up weren’t they?

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      3. Josh D  🍁‏ @canadianaco 20 Jun 2020
        Replying to @FLman1980 @flguy7 @HeerJeet

        I think this comment illustrates the OPs point pretty nicely. Monuments—like history—are not zero-sum. The existence of a statue of a man who did both good things and bad things is not an issue. It’s an inevitability. The solution here is more statues, diverse ones, not less.

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      1. Martin Pukownik‏ @pukawaka 20 Jun 2020
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        Sullivan spends a lot of his time telling people to calm down and not act so unhinged. Meanwhile, he’s always on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

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      1. Toddd Nugent‏ @tN_W_Harmony86 20 Jun 2020
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        Sullivan’s views are better expressed in this cliphttps://youtu.be/eMVysV1lp98 

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      1. PeachtreeDishduster‏ @Kroppduster 20 Jun 2020
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        I’ve seen a number of people react aggressively whenever a black writer points out that many slaves played a role in uprisings. Maybe those people (ahem, @sullydish) should think about why they have that reaction, but I won’t hold my breath.

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      1. Larry Feldman‏ @Lfeld1957 20 Jun 2020
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        A little hard to be agents & microaggessions seeking victims at the same time. But then BLM gets away with it's antisemitic side while decrying bigotry.

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