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Sr. Elections Analyst, RCP. @osupolisci. @aei. Recovering Att'y. Married to @emytrende, dad to 3. You shall love your crooked neighbor, with your crooked heart.

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    1. Sean T at RCP‏Verified account @SeanTrende 21 Aug 2019

      Sigh. OK, so my 2c on the 1619 project. It seems like most of the disagreement is two sides talking past each other (surprise). 1/

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    2. Sean T at RCP‏Verified account @SeanTrende 21 Aug 2019

      Conservatives are largely talking about the rollout theme, that 1619 is the actual founding of America. Libs are talking about the essays, which . . . don't always do such a great job of supporting the rollout theme. 2/

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    3. Sean T at RCP‏Verified account @SeanTrende 21 Aug 2019

      Like, from the essays I've read, the actual theme is more "slavery and race are really important, and touches aspects of America in ways you wouldn't think about." Some are more radical than others, but for an example. 3/

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    4. Sean T at RCP‏Verified account @SeanTrende 21 Aug 2019

      the Kevin Kruse essay on traffic in Atlanta probably shouldn't be all that controversial on its own terms. There's not a whole lot of doubt that racial considerations played a large role in how interstates were laid out, 4/

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    5. Sean T at RCP‏Verified account @SeanTrende 21 Aug 2019

      although, as with most things, that is tied in with other concerns like class, land cost, preserving traditional neighborhood integrity, etc. Also not too controversial that race plays a role in public transportation; see, e.g., the lack of a metro stop in Georgetown. 5/

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    6. Sean T at RCP‏Verified account @SeanTrende 21 Aug 2019

      I also very much doubt that Kruse blames Atlanta traffic on slavery. It might affect the specific form traffic takes and some of the severity, but traffic congestion is pretty much the norm in cities of Atlanta's size. So why would people interpret it that way? 6/

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      Sean T at RCP‏Verified account @SeanTrende 21 Aug 2019

      I come back to the framing. The Times rollout suggested an argument that slavery is the most important factor in America, so the priors were set a certain way. I think by-and-large the essays didn't even try to deliver on that, but I do think that's why we're where we are. 7/7

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        1. Sean T at RCP‏Verified account @SeanTrende 21 Aug 2019

          (it didn't help that a lot of these contentions are controversial, and only one side was presented, but I don't think its inherently problematic for a magazine to do a symposium with an express point of view) 7/8

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        2. Kyle Smith‏Verified account @rkylesmith 21 Aug 2019
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          yeah, the framing is a big problem...if the package had been called "The Hidden Toll of Racism" it wouldn't have been that controversial but they had to go big, so they overpromised.

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        3. Corey Chambliss‏ @CoreyMChambliss 21 Aug 2019
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          I say this as a registered GOPer, but the bigger picture is it's always the same crowd getting incensed by anything touching the subject. I remember Limbaugh getting his back up over 12 Years a Slave winning best Picture. His rationale being "Of course..."

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        1. John Daniel Davidson‏Verified account @johnddavidson 21 Aug 2019
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          The lead essay by Nikole Hannah-Jones was perfectly aligned with the claims in the rollout. I'm sure that wasn't by accident.

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        1. aYlen 😷_wRight‏ @AyleneWright 21 Aug 2019
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          It also didn't help that the "Town Hall" transcript was leaked just before the series came out.

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