The Times goes all-in on the 1619 Project's factually misleading history. Notable here: when push comes to shove, the expertise of liberal academics who have studied these issues for a lifetime & earned widespread acclaim gives way to the imperatives of ideology. https://twitter.com/pegobry/status/1208189884139220993 …
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As a litigator, I've learned two things about experts. One, you can hire experts on both sides of just about any issue. Two, if you want to beat an expert in an argument about the truth, you gotta do your homework.
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Especially when they focus on the things they're credentialed & respected in, rather than using them as a roving commission https://twitter.com/BenSharmaTO/status/1208195228584284161 …
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The bottom line in all this is that you are not going to get an intellectually honest debate from the NY Times Opinion section. What you'll get is people who hand-wave or smear anyone who offers inconvenient facts.
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Siding with Calhoun over Lincoln out loud. https://twitter.com/imillhiser/status/1208212931881709568 …
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.
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Tend to agree w/ the spirit, but some of the worst history "offenders" come loaded for bear with very specific, i.e. cherry picked, facts & evidence. It can almost do more damage, as it can fool the reader into thinking the writer knows what they're talking about when they don't.
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