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The Beam In Our Eye: Judging Our Ancestors

3/5/2019

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I always smile, a little bitterly, a little cynically, when someone proclaims that "We must be on the right side of history."

The Nazis thought they were on the right side of history. The Communists in Russia thought the same. 

Today some of our politicians and celebrities think the same. They claim to be on the right side of history with all the assurance of a poker player with cards up the sleeve and a straight flush in the hand. 

History is complicated. It becomes more so when we stand in a pulpit and proclaim ourselves the moral superiors of our ancestors. 
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Below the fold you'll find a piece that appeared in last week's Intellectual Takeout. 
​https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/article/will-future-judge-us-same-way-we-judge-past
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