And they said my warnings about a slippery-slope were ridiculous.https://twitter.com/peterjhasson/status/898288772235898880 …
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Replying to @mattklewis
Perhaps one could write a column rebutting their argument and distinguishing between the two
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Replying to @BenjySarlin
If I have to write a column defending GEORGE WASHINGTON, then you know we're screwed.
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Replying to @mattklewis
Seems more logical vs throwing up one's hands that the whole statue argument is over because some CNN commentators are going further
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Replying to @BenjySarlin @mattklewis
I mean if the fear is slippery slope, shouldn't the goal be to find a limiting principle that would stop it from slipping?
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Replying to @BenjySarlin
Lots of columns were written today on that. Here's onehttp://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-trump-statues-confederacy-20170816-story.html …
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Replying to @mattklewis
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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Replying to @BenjySarlin
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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Replying to @mattklewis @BenjySarlin
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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Replying to @mattklewis @BenjySarlin
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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