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#23 Konstantin Kisin - Free Speech and Reparations

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The Biblical Injunction That Sons Will Not Be Punished for the Crimes of Their Forefathers

I think there's at least a way that you can make the reparations case without committing yourself to the view that people today are responsible for the crimes of their forefathers. It's not like you're being punished and I use you generally there, Mr. White Man with slave-owning ancestors. But imagine somebody who says, look, I don't want to punish you for this sin that your father has. I should just be compensated for the terrible things that my ancestors experienced. That through no fault of either of us, we now find ourselves faced with.

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