Conor Friedersdorf

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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

That debate has become distorted. Everyone always agreed 1776 is the literal political founding. For many months, everyone acknowledged the Project made the provocative claim that Americans ought to consider their country's "true" or symbolic founding to be 1619 instead — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 24, 2020 Hibernated

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What's more, I have confidence in my side of that debate: that considering 1776 as America's true founding is better and more inclusive (full argument here https://t.co/fh6JjqFhfV). Teaching the debate highlights how unifying the civic creed expressed in 1776 can be today. — PolitiTweet.org

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Jones repeatedly cited that metaphorical claim about the most "true" founding year *as a specific reason* she knew that the Project would elicit disagreement and provoke criticism and debate. — PolitiTweet.org

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