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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Thinking that racism (or for that matter QAnon) is a case of fringe ideas infiltrating the otherwise wholesome mainstream of American thought misses that supposed mainstream & supposed fringe are in constant communication & exchange.
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Holly Brewer Retweeted Holly Brewer
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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Holly Brewer @earlymodjusticeReplying to @HeerJeetMy point about "bad ideas" was more subtle. Locke's Essay on Human Understanding sought how to separate truth from falsehood. The link to Qanon? Ideas that are false can be influential, sometimes even toxic. They are part of history. But later scholars might well ignore them.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
There's some parallels between the work your doing & arguments among historians of 20th century right wing. The major point of debate is whether putative mainstream right (say, Buckley) can be easily separate from fringe (say, Bichers) or in dialogue with them.
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