Americans wanting to look at our history, atone for past mistakes and make things right in the present is not a bad thing; it’s a good and healthy thing. Revisionists like Hawley represent the interests of those who would perpetuate our biggest mistakes.
The Recount
 @therecount
22 Jun 2021
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO): “I’m worried that President Biden is nominating for federal office individuals ... who believe that this is a country founded in racism ...”

Jun 23, 2021 · 2:49 PM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
'atone for past mistakes'? Do you think individuals in particular groups should be held morally culpable for things done by other unrelated members of their group before they were born? Serious question.
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Morally culpable is different than financially accountable. Descended from Jewish Russian immigrants who came here to escape pogroms, I’m not morally culpable for slavery. But as a citizen of the US I’m responsible for America doing the right thing now - so I support reparations.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
“This country has to look at its character defects. But you know-you atone for them-you make amends where you can- and life does begin again.” Marianne Williamson
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Hawley is THE best example of a punk kid who grew up not knowing about the history of racism in this country. His pompous “expertise” is full on ignorant rant. Nothing less. This is what we have to look forward to multiplied by zillions if we don’t teach history correctly.
Replying to @marwilliamson
The sad thing is is that the things you most like about America are to due its past "mistakes." Unless you secretly want to be an Indian squaw.
Replying to @marwilliamson
This guy hasn’t cleared diapers yet. How would he know about anything at all? Too bad, education in MO is not what it should be, or he would have been told to go home to mom. Embarrassing sight, him rambling.
Replying to @marwilliamson
It’s mind numbing the constant mischaracterizations of things by the racists hiding behind all of their euphemistic labels. Nobody says our country was “founded in racism,” nobody. It’s undeniable that it was built with slave labor.
Replying to @marwilliamson
We do need to heal our nation's mythology. I'm very worried in that I am not seeing a lot of healing going on, but rather a lot of hurting being done, in not in a rip off the bandaid kinda way.
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You are trying to rip open healing wounds for political games
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Josh Hawley wants to perpetrate an idealized image of this Country ... in reality ... this country has many images ... and racism is clearly one of them.
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