Skip to content
  • Home Home Home, current page.
  • Moments Moments Moments, current page.

Saved searches

  • Remove
  • In this conversation
    Verified accountProtected Tweets @
Suggested users
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Language: English
    • Bahasa Indonesia
    • Bahasa Melayu
    • Català
    • Čeština
    • Dansk
    • Deutsch
    • English UK
    • Español
    • Filipino
    • Français
    • Hrvatski
    • Italiano
    • Magyar
    • Nederlands
    • Norsk
    • Polski
    • Português
    • Română
    • Slovenčina
    • Suomi
    • Svenska
    • Tiếng Việt
    • Türkçe
    • Ελληνικά
    • Български език
    • Русский
    • Српски
    • Українська мова
    • עִבְרִית
    • العربية
    • فارسی
    • मराठी
    • हिन्दी
    • বাংলা
    • ગુજરાતી
    • தமிழ்
    • ಕನ್ನಡ
    • ภาษาไทย
    • 한국어
    • 日本語
    • 简体中文
    • 繁體中文
  • Have an account? Log in
    Have an account?
    · Forgot password?

    New to Twitter?
    Sign up
baseballcrank's profile
Dan McLaughlin
Dan McLaughlin
Dan McLaughlin
Verified account
@baseballcrank

Tweets

Dan McLaughlinVerified account

@baseballcrank

Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

New York
nationalreview.com/author/dan-mcl…
Joined May 2009

Tweets

  • © 2021 Twitter
  • About
  • Help Center
  • Terms
  • Privacy policy
  • Cookies
  • Ads info
Dismiss
Previous
Next

Go to a person's profile

Saved searches

  • Remove
  • In this conversation
    Verified accountProtected Tweets @
Suggested users
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @
  • Verified accountProtected Tweets @

Promote this Tweet

Block

  • Tweet with a location

    You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more

    Your lists

    Create a new list


    Under 100 characters, optional

    Privacy

    Copy link to Tweet

    Embed this Tweet

    Embed this Video

    Add this Tweet to your website by copying the code below. Learn more

    Add this video to your website by copying the code below. Learn more

    Hmm, there was a problem reaching the server.

    By embedding Twitter content in your website or app, you are agreeing to the Twitter Developer Agreement and Developer Policy.

    Preview

    Why you're seeing this ad

    Log in to Twitter

    · Forgot password?
    Don't have an account? Sign up »

    Sign up for Twitter

    Not on Twitter? Sign up, tune into the things you care about, and get updates as they happen.

    Sign up
    Have an account? Log in »

    Two-way (sending and receiving) short codes:

    Country Code For customers of
    United States 40404 (any)
    Canada 21212 (any)
    United Kingdom 86444 Vodafone, Orange, 3, O2
    Brazil 40404 Nextel, TIM
    Haiti 40404 Digicel, Voila
    Ireland 51210 Vodafone, O2
    India 53000 Bharti Airtel, Videocon, Reliance
    Indonesia 89887 AXIS, 3, Telkomsel, Indosat, XL Axiata
    Italy 4880804 Wind
    3424486444 Vodafone
    » See SMS short codes for other countries

    Confirmation

     

    Welcome home!

    This timeline is where you’ll spend most of your time, getting instant updates about what matters to you.

    Tweets not working for you?

    Hover over the profile pic and click the Following button to unfollow any account.

    Say a lot with a little

    When you see a Tweet you love, tap the heart — it lets the person who wrote it know you shared the love.

    Spread the word

    The fastest way to share someone else’s Tweet with your followers is with a Retweet. Tap the icon to send it instantly.

    Join the conversation

    Add your thoughts about any Tweet with a Reply. Find a topic you’re passionate about, and jump right in.

    Learn the latest

    Get instant insight into what people are talking about now.

    Get more of what you love

    Follow more accounts to get instant updates about topics you care about.

    Find what's happening

    See the latest conversations about any topic instantly.

    Never miss a Moment

    Catch up instantly on the best stories happening as they unfold.

    1. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 30 Nov 2019

      1. Looks like @jbouie already deleted his own response to this thread, which is an unfortunate loss to the scholarly debate at issue. https://twitter.com/jsende/status/1200926088232394757 …pic.twitter.com/9KipbcsGDn

      15 replies 20 retweets 77 likes
      Show this thread
    2. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 30 Nov 2019

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Dan McLaughlin

      2. There are numerous valid, specific, factual critiques of the package of essays launching the 1619 Project, and one has to labor to avoid them. My own thread just on Bouie's essay & its failure to accurately portray recent political history:https://twitter.com/baseballcrank/status/1163842860132777984 …

      Dan McLaughlin added,

      Dan McLaughlinVerified account @baseballcrank
      1. You could spend all day on the slanted & misleading history in this @jbouie column why Mitch McConnell is...the new John C. Calhoun? To start with, search the column for mention of Harry Reid, Robert Byrd, or Lyndon Johnson. You won't find them. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/republicans-racism-african-americans.html …
      Show this thread
      3 replies 10 retweets 57 likes
      Show this thread
    3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 30 Nov 2019

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Dan McLaughlin

      3. The most notorious example of how the 1619 Project got it grievously wrong is the ahistorical treatment of the American Revolution; I touched just the surface of that here https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1163495003659952128.html … & herehttps://twitter.com/baseballcrank/status/1163548660480786434 …

      Dan McLaughlin added,

      Dan McLaughlinVerified account @baseballcrank
      "Most southerners" is further than I would go, but there is no question that the South had a lot more Tories/Loyalists than the non-slaveholding areas of the North did. The really active Loyalist militias, like Tarleton's, were in the South. https://twitter.com/McRibz/status/1163542654287663104 …
      Show this thread
      1 reply 7 retweets 36 likes
      Show this thread
    4. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 30 Nov 2019

      4. A serious effort to grapple with the problems of fact & perspective in the 1619 Project would respond to the specific critiques, e.g, https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/1619-project-new-york-times-king-cotton-thesis/ …https://www.lawliberty.org/2019/10/02/slavery-gave-us-double-entry-bookkeeping/ …

      3 replies 5 retweets 20 likes
      Show this thread
    5. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 30 Nov 2019

      5. Or consider the @DamonLinker critique of how the Kruse essay on traffic was framed vs what it actually showedhttps://theweek.com/articles/859776/new-york-times-surrenders-left-race …

      8 replies 6 retweets 39 likes
      Show this thread
    6. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 30 Nov 2019

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Dan McLaughlin

      6. Now, I get that part of the goal here is to undermine the authority of respected scholars like James McPherson & James Oakes, but cavalierly dismissing them on the grounds of "what do white guys know about debates over slavery" is unhelpfulhttps://twitter.com/baseballcrank/status/1197648775977848833 …

      Dan McLaughlin added,

      Dan McLaughlinVerified account @baseballcrank
      McPherson is, to put it mildly, a well-informed source; Battle Cry of Freedom is a masterpiece. The substantive & specific criticisms in this thread are, however, only a small subset of those that have been presented from a variety of quarters. https://twitter.com/wesyang/status/1197542213611339779 …
      3 replies 4 retweets 34 likes
      Show this thread
    7. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 30 Nov 2019

      7. At the end of the day, while individual scholars & pundits may earn more or less credibility from their body of work, historical debate is not advanced by ad hominems & closing your ears to voices that critique your narrative.

      3 replies 5 retweets 37 likes
      Show this thread
    8. Brian W. Schoeneman‏Verified account @BrianSchoeneman 30 Nov 2019
      Replying to @baseballcrank @jbouie

      I grew up on Lost Cause nonsense and it was MacPherson’s book that finally convinced me that all of the stuff I’d learned before I read it was revisionist history, written and designed to minimize what the South did. I am sure he did the same for many others.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 30 Nov 2019
      Replying to @BrianSchoeneman @jbouie

      No one book could ever cover the whole topic, but Battle Cry of Freedom is absolutely the one Civil War book I'd take to a desert island.

      5:21 PM - 30 Nov 2019
      • 1 Like
      • Dirk MacGirk
      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        1. Brian W. Schoeneman‏Verified account @BrianSchoeneman 30 Nov 2019
          Replying to @baseballcrank @jbouie

          It’s got a place of honor on my desk.

          0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
          Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo
          Undo

      Loading seems to be taking a while.

      Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

        Promoted Tweet

        false

        • © 2021 Twitter
        • About
        • Help Center
        • Terms
        • Privacy policy
        • Cookies
        • Ads info