I hear you on the level of history should emphasize a “look at what we allowed” rhetoric to instill some semblance of public shame to curtail future behaviour. I just think it’s at odds with the reality in which history is read; namely the “look at what these specific villains did, and were they justified” as a form of absolving ourselves and humanizing said villains.
If we’re going to scapegoat, might as well not draw attention to it at all IMO
We just let Nazis and Confederate go back to being regular people… And we still have Nazis and Confederates today, because the punishment for fucking up everything was just being told to be quiet about it for a little bit.
Let’s change that. Don’t let magats and trump supporting orgs off the hook this time. Make them lie in the bed they made, just once, and let’s see if it works out differently.
I hear you on the level of history should emphasize a “look at what we allowed” rhetoric to instill some semblance of public shame to curtail future behaviour. I just think it’s at odds with the reality in which history is read; namely the “look at what these specific villains did, and were they justified” as a form of absolving ourselves and humanizing said villains.
If we’re going to scapegoat, might as well not draw attention to it at all IMO
We just let Nazis and Confederate go back to being regular people… And we still have Nazis and Confederates today, because the punishment for fucking up everything was just being told to be quiet about it for a little bit.
Let’s change that. Don’t let magats and trump supporting orgs off the hook this time. Make them lie in the bed they made, just once, and let’s see if it works out differently.