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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 10 Nov 2021

      Gordon Wood: "Can a revolution conceived mainly as sordid, racist and divisive be the inspiration for a nation?" This is a political question, not a scholarly one. But to extent a revolution should be an inspiration, it's surely a matter of ideas not character of revolutionaries

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 10 Nov 2021

      The American founding fathers, being human, certainly had mixed motives, some noble & some very sordid. That's worth knowing about but is distinct from an evaluation of their ideas, which also combined nobility with sordidness.

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        1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 10 Nov 2021

          If an honest account of history can shatter your faith in revolutionary ideals, then were you ever really committed to those ideals or did you worship a personality cult?

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        1. Syncopated Politics‏ @SyncPol 10 Nov 2021
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          Nobility and sordidness is part of the legacy they left for us. In an evolving, just society, we could move forward and advance the noble while making amends for the sordid. It does not appear we are an evolving, just society right now.

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        1. Nick‏ @getyrtrouserson 10 Nov 2021
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          American history is historiography in a more profound way than the historical narrative of many other countries, and in ways that are a lot harder to address until higher education.

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        1. Bender Bending Rodríguez‏ @BenderRodrgez 10 Nov 2021
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          So, they were sorta noble.

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        1. Legba Books‏ @leonceg 10 Nov 2021
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          Matter of degree. If you create something in part to oppress and subjugate, reinventing it as vehicle for something other than oppression and subjugation is going to be... a challenge

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