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Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

This whole line of thought that you shouldn't say things that you think are true because those things may be "weaponized" by others strikes me as fairly corrosive to intellectual life. You can't control how other people react to things. https://t.co/xdk8peW1vu — PolitiTweet.org

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One of my early critiques of the anti-1619 literature from the older generation of tenured historians wasn't that t… https://t.co/3jvWKfKTn4

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Ah this rather banal column seem to have precipitated an institutional meltdown complete with a groveling apology. https://t.co/hfNJ8tes3F — PolitiTweet.org

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In terms of the Sweet essay, to say that the 1619 Project was primarily journalistic rather than historical and reflects present-day concerns is not an especially strident critique. It seems obviously true — that's why it was in a magazine and mostly written by journalists. — PolitiTweet.org

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