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Walter Sobchak
“The New York Times of all places?” Surely you are aware that the Times has several regular conservative columnists and that Douthat is one of them?
I notice you didn’t quote this part:
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And they’re right that the anti-C.R.T. movement has combined a set of moderate and even liberal objections to the new progressivism — objections that show up in superliberal New York as well as suburban Loudoun County, Virginia — with an older style of objections to talking about slavery and segregation at all.
I don't understand the allegation that the right doesn't want slavery/segregation talked about at all.
Since when?
When I was in school in the '80s, history lessons included slavery, segregation, and the '60s civil rights movement. All of this was presented as an injustice against black people which was eventually righted in the '60s. There wasn't anyone demanding that we whitewash this from American history, or that it shouldn't be taught in schools, and I haven't seen anyone demanding that today.
Every time I bring up CRT to people on the left, they first deny that it's being taught, and then when I bring up that CRT-like concepts ARE being taught, they respond with, "Conservatives just don't want the ugly history of racism in this country taught to kids."
That's bullshit. Conservatives don't mind the true and well-accepted history of racism in America to be taught. However, it's been over 55 years since the civil rights movement of the '60s, and the country is a very different place now. There's a huge difference between teaching that America was racist in 1963 and that America still has systemic racism today, designed to keep white supremacy in place. The former is 100% clear and has been well-accepted by the general public for decades. The latter is highly controversial, and is presently just a form of political opinion.
The argument is simply being re-framed by the left, making it look like conservatives just can't stand real American history being taught. No, conservatives are fine with that -- they just don't want political opinion of modern America taught as fact.