Conor Friedersdorf

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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ijbailey @Noahpinion @mattyglesias Sure. But sometimes, as with 1619, people want to say something rather extreme, like that 1619 was America's true founding, and then to pretend that they didn't say any such thing when called upon to defend the assertion against pushback. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 15, 2021

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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ijbailey @Noahpinion @mattyglesias Well, he says "in general." I guess I'd say that the overwhelming message I get from progressives about America and its history is *you underestimate how bad it is, and it's time for us to confront its white supremacy, colonialism, and patriarchy in an overdue reckoning.* — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 15, 2021

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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@ijbailey @Noahpinion @mattyglesias The point is that it treated 1619 as the symbolic "true founding" not that it was a literal claim, whatever that would mean. Many of us instead believe 1776 was the true symbolic founding in addition to being the literal one. If you would like another example I can provide one: — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 15, 2021