Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

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

Posted Aug. 21, 2022 Hibernated

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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

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

Posted Aug. 21, 2022 Hibernated

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This from @swarthmoreburke urging Sweet to consider the material rather than ideological origins of disciplinary shifts seems like a smart critique. https://t.co/4p0J0l35iK — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 21, 2022 Hibernated