In recent years there has been this liberal emphasis on historical inquiry as a way to, like, expose this country's original sins. This is the exact opposite of the left wing analysis of historical action. We have to look at it dispassionately. Those people are gone. Those ghosts have fled. And so therefore, in the hear now, they can be made uncomfortable, and that can be my politics.
Featuring Matt Christman on how American history brought us to this awful present.
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