As I mentioned last night, an excellent piece on Locke. Good at rebutting Kendi & innovative on importance of non-canonical sources. But I have to say, the framing of bad ideas as coming from extremists (QAnon) strikes me as typical (Cold War) liberal illusionhttps://twitter.com/earlymodjustice/status/1447601679935889418 …
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we let a protector of racists rule as the head of our secret police for 2 entire generations and do everything including aiding Klansmen and cops to kill civil rights workers, activists, and union organizers, and we all just agreed to forget it apparentlyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover#Reaction_to_civil_rights_groups …
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Sorry I replied above, but will repost here. The issue is not that they are fringe. They are not merely fringe-- & yes, in constant convo. The issue is that ideas determined to be false by the intelligensia tend to be ignored by later scholars. https://twitter.com/earlymodjustice/status/1448324873164578818?s=20 ….
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I agree with that -- and think that's the most innovative & important part of your research. I suppose the Qanon comparison sets me off a little bit because it doesn't quite get at how pervasive and influential these ideas could be (even shaping those who tried to refute).
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"...supposed mainstream & supposed fringe..." In a country that built its constitution on race-based chattel slavery and the 'inalienable rights of man', both?
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