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The American Mind

“Truth and Reconciliation” | The Roundtable Ep. 43

The American Mind

Amanda Callanan

Philosophy, Declarationofindependence, Founding, Politics, Conservative, Limitedgovernment, Society & Culture, News, Constitution, Claremontinstitute

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In a staggering display of dangerous hysterics, leftists have taken to floating the idea of post-Trump “truth and reconciliation commissions.” This of course amounts to the flogging of sinners (read: conservatives) against wokeism. At AOC’s call, one group actually started making a list of people who worked for him in an attempt to cancel those public servants. Our editors, sure to be first on the list, discuss the meaning of this disastrous development.

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coming up on this episode of the roundtable.

0:03.2

Alexander O'Castu Cortez tweeted to say,

0:05.6

you know, is anybody keeping track of these Trump supporters

0:10.1

so that when they delete their tweets

0:11.2

we can remember that they were aiders and abetters.

0:14.7

I and many other people leapt into that and said, yes, you Stalinist beanie baby, put me on your

0:20.1

stupid list.

0:21.6

So it's not weakness and it's not concession to acknowledge that that's the case

0:26.5

that there is a huge battle ahead of us and some might call it an uphill battle and

0:31.7

we may lose. That is not the point. The point is not 100%

0:36.4

we are definitely going to win. The point is that any degree of victory in any degree of fight

0:42.2

contributes to turning back this decades, generations long

0:48.0

Democrat stranglehold on the true and legitimate processes of our constitutional republic.

0:56.2

That's a worthwhile fight no matter what. The Welcome everyone once again to the roundtable the

1:18.6

editors and publishers podcast here at the Claremont Institute for our

1:22.2

wonderful publication the American Mind.

1:24.4

I'm Ryan Williams, your host, president of the Claremont Institute publisher of the Claremont

1:28.1

Books and the American Mind.

1:30.1

Joined by David Barr, director of Publications for the Claremont Institute.

1:33.7

Matthew Peterson, founding editor of the American Mind and Vice President for Education,

1:37.7

and Spencer Clavin, Associate Editor of the American Mind and the Claremont view of books.

1:43.2

Well, the election Bruhaha continues.

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