Dr. Jarret Ruminski
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Dividing humanity into binary groups of "oppressed" & "oppressors" is intellectually & historically lazy & leads to foolish politics. For example, the "good" side (the Union side opposed to slavery) won the American Civil War. But after the war, the Union army slaughtered Native American groups.
10:51 AM - Apr 26, 2024
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Dr. Jarret Ruminski
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Historians make moral judgements all the time, but those judgements should be tempered by nuance. Oppressed groups can also be oppressors; liberators can also be killers. Some movements (Fascism, Communism, etc.) must be morally rejected, of course, but no one in history has totally clean hands.
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