In 1996, @TheAtlantic of all places ran a cover story by a conservative Irish intellectual “cancelling” Thomas Jefferson. Strong argument, well worth reading 24 years later.https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1996/10/thomas-jefferson-radical-and-racist/376685/ …
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There are often surprises before partisan lines harden around an issue. Like the National Review and Eisenhower criticizing Truman’s use of the atomic bomb, a decision whose wisdom is now unquestionable on the right. Or white Evangelicals being open to abortion as late as the 70s
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…and had support for the ERA in their party platform before Democrats did IIRC
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Conservative criticism of Israel in 1940s-1960s/early1970s is also an example.
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