And they said my warnings about a slippery-slope were ridiculous.https://twitter.com/peterjhasson/status/898288772235898880 …
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Yes, that's what I'm saying. Nobody has to helplessly watch a Lee--->Washington slope. There are loads of arguments you can make.
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Yes, there are legitimate arguments to push back against this iconoclasm. But the first step is to realize the threat is real.
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If you're saying we can't make any distinctions at all once we're on a slippery slope, then you've preemptively ceded that ground.
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Of course not. That would be silly. I'm saying some prominent liberals don't want to stop with Confederates. Eventually, they'll come for...
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No, I get it. I've heard similar moral equivalences made on the Zinn-ite left. So it's especially jarring to hear them from the president.
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Like his "we're all killers" Putin response. But fwiw I think Confederates and Founders don't belong on the same slope.
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Here's Bouie understanding the difference. http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/08/17/trump_s_comparison_of_lee_s_statue_to_washington_and_jefferson_is_wrong.html … But you know, populism. The mobs will rage.
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Gosh, Matt, it kind of like you just want to be right in 140 characters or less rather than apply your own unique skills to being helpful.
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