most devastating comment I’ve ever received on a paper was “you’re not Howard Zinn” in 10th grade and I’m pretty sure even that one was better than this

He's likely in the Epstein files so I doubt it

Incredibly reactionary take

There's a very minor extent to which it matters and it's mostly to break the personality cults surrounding a clique of podcast comedians/celebs

Well get used to it because by 2030 nobody will admit to having liked him

A lot of reddit posters are stuck in 2011 so it's not 100% off

If we go from initial cultureways, the Puritans are the good guys in the American equation. The more normal and cynical profit seekers down south became slavers!

Neither you nor I are immune to it

Like I feel very bad for the soldiers but it's just not something that can hold national attention