the LEAST interesting thing about all these non-historians talking about historians is saying "they disagree!"
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Perhaps, but all I am trying to point out is that Wilentz is one among many academic historians who has something to say about this subject. As you know, there is a serious debate about this issue.
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What can I read to understand this issue?
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One place to understand both the specific claim of slavery’s relation to the Revolution as well as the larger historical environment would be Harvard historian Jill Lepore’s excellent: “These Truths: A History of the United States
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Given the massive attention of the 1619 project I feel it is fair game for critique.
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An awful lot of that attention has been generated by the bad faith culture-wars critics though. There have also already been a huge number of thoughtful critiques by historians. There's no shortage of critique, and Wilenz play-acting martyr is really pathetic
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Dan does everything in bad faith. He will respond to you in bad faith & follow up tweet in bad faith. Don’t waste your time. He isn’t really interested in discourse.
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What are your thoughts on this, Mr. Levin? I actually hadn't realized the dispute on this.https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/03/06/1619-project-new-york-times-mistake-122248 …
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“Some historians disagree” is a meaningless sentence.
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Consider the medium that he’s publishing in
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