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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux

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Ancient & military historian specializing in the Roman economy and military. PhD from UNC History. More impressive credential is that I have beaten both Dark Souls and Elden Ring. Blogs at acoup.blog

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret DevereauxAug 21

just thinking about it makes me so angry. the worst kind of open race baiting in american politics since george wallace.

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret DevereauxAug 18

need people to understand that accepting or conceding that he has the authority to do these things is tantamount to giving him the authority, and so your preemptive dooming is actively counterproductive

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret DevereauxAug 12

You can't teach U.S. history without "divisive" narratives. Slavery wasn't "unifying." The Japanese incarceration wasn't "unifying." The anti-immigrant Operation Wetback (real name) wasn't "unifying." It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.

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