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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 10 Nov 2021

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Manhattan Institute

    Are those the only two choices?https://twitter.com/ManhattanInst/status/1458490894135537671 …

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    🗓️ Tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. EDT: Join @GlennLoury @jasonrileywsj & @JohnRWoodJr for a discussion on the competing narratives about the American project. Should the United States be seen as racist or as the greatest force for human liberty on the planet? https://www.manhattan-institute.org/case-for-black-patriotism?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Organic_Social …
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      1. Patrick Claybon‏Verified account @PatrickClaybon 10 Nov 2021
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        No one who sees the latter as a choice is worthy of a platform

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      1. Kaelik‏ @Kaelikyear 10 Nov 2021
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        I mean in general we should make room for nuance. But also the answer is clearly just "the us is racist" amd you don't actually need a middle ground here.

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      1. Grandpa Mohawks Son‏ @MRKokoski 10 Nov 2021
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        In a reductive way, yes those are the only two choices.

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      1. Larry Yudelson‏ @yudel 10 Nov 2021
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        If you can’t come up with a false binary, what are you even doing in the propaganda game?

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      2. Wade Wallace‏ @wadehwallace 10 Nov 2021
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        I think people refer to things like nations, movements, and economic trends as "projects" because they want to communicate that they went to college. Normal people don't refer to countries as projects. America isn't a "project" in any sense of the word.

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      3. Wade Wallace‏ @wadehwallace 10 Nov 2021
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        I think the reason this irritates me is that referring to the USA as a project, makes it sound like the government and/or ruling class has been working towards a particular goal for the last 250 years and that's not true at all.

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      1. Mystic Lawyer‏ @Mystic_Lawyer 10 Nov 2021
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        May I have some of each, please?

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      1. Jaymie‏ @jhmi 10 Nov 2021
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        And are they really choices, per se? Seem more like the same thing, with different titles.

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      1. Alice@wonderland‏ @izzyqueenof 11 Nov 2021
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        Those are the only 2 choices people can wrap their heads around, sadly enough. You tell them it's both and neither and they will NEVER understand you. At least most of them won't. People want a clear answer and there isn't 1 when you ask "what is America". Of course not.🤦‍♀️🙄

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      1. Alice@wonderland‏ @izzyqueenof 11 Nov 2021
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        It's about emotion. It all goes back to that. Like " what are humans?" the best or the worst? You try giving them an answer that makes them feel good about themselves while still saying the truth. I guarantee you if they feel good, you are NOT saying ALL of it.

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