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jcgoldie

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Reply to Sympthsical (Original post)

Thu Nov 4, 2021, 01:52 PM

Nov 2021

"Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream."

and...

"Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics"

His argument seems to be: "Well it makes white people uncomfortable to talk about our racist history." The "movement" he is referring to is exposing racism and bigotry in order to create a more egalitarian society... yes it ruffles some feathers as it should.

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People should read NYT/Ross Douhat to understand the anti-CRT stuff [View all] Sympthsical Nov 2021 OP

Douhat is one of the NYT rightwing commentators. Voltaire2 Nov 2021 #1

I know he is Sympthsical Nov 2021 #3

Sadly he has good points Freddie Nov 2021 #2

Yascha Mounk has a good article in the Atlantic as well Sympthsical Nov 2021 #5

Well, how about this? Better than pretending ignoring our racist past isn't racist. viva la Nov 2021 #4

I'm not talking about appealing to the right-wingers Sympthsical Nov 2021 #6

from the author of: jcgoldie Nov 2021 #7

I didn't ask anyone to agree with what he's saying. That's not the point. Sympthsical Nov 2021 #8

republicans disguising racism as "elites vs average joes" is not such a revelation jcgoldie Nov 2021 #9

The real problem is how to respond. Jim__ Nov 2021 #10

the solution won't come from the people who created the problem MadameButterfly Nov 2021 #11