#Exceptionalism

Taisu Zhang

ZhangTaisu

1. Oh, and one more thing I really have to say: the media reporting on yesterday’s riots kept comparing them to “what happens to third world countries far away.” That’s

Professor Fleming

alwaystheself

I really resent Obama framing white supremacy, slavery and class oppression as "imperfections" of the constitution and somehow spinning a tale of American exceptionalism out of genocide, injustice and dehumanization.

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

What's become undeniably obvious is that America is broken and that we must disabuse ourselves of the dangerous, weaponized myths that got us here before they destroy us.AMERICAN RULE comes

Rich Villodas

richvillodas

In 1917, during WW1, Karl Barth recognized that the liberal theology that formed him had very little to say about suffering because of the overly-optimistic view of humanity’s moral goodness.

Mateusz Fafinski

Calthalas

You know, I‘m going to talk a bit more about that St Augustine quote that @JoeBiden used today.What constitutes „a people“ in this passage tells us a lot about late

hannah anderson

sometimesalight

Claims of American exceptionalism must include the fact that US is one of only a handful of countries that allows abortion past the point of viability. Indeed, we are not

Ibram X. Kendi

DrIbram

They say it’s divisive to point to bad policies as the racial problem and not people. Meaning they think it’s unifying to go after certain racial groups as the problem.

Benjamin Tier Gas 🤿

BitterTier

I think the myth of American exceptionalism, which is so deeply ingrained, is why even people you otherwise trust or relate to will subtly invalidate your struggles and experiences. The

The Provost / سيدة الفتنة

MsEntropy

I'm about to hop off Twitter to get work done, but first: I want to briefly bring up something I think is sorely lacking in analyses of the Capitol Siege.

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

We’re drowning in conspiracy theories because America is failing as a nation and the myths of exceptionalism and white supremacy mean believers must find explanations beyond failings in leadership and

Some call me Jay

paragonpostcard

I'm frankly ecstatic that this year has seen such a widespread bubble bursting of the very idea of American exceptionalism, because for those who have seen past the veil of

Laurence Tribe

tribelaw

1. The United States has had 121,000 deaths from Covid-19. With about 4% of the world’s population, that’s about 25% of the world’s deaths from this pandemic. That means over

Paul Emerich France (he/him)

paul_emerich

If you didn’t see this coming, you weren’t paying attention.White supremacy is our problem here, but so is American exceptionalism. I hear countless people saying that we are still the

Lincoln's Bible

LincolnsBible

Any thinking that the only way forward is to sweep all of this criminality, treason, & genocide-by-pandemic under the rug - without investigation & punishment - with the application of

Amy 🦓

skepticalzebra

But this isn’t what’s being advocated. This is advocating the precautionary principle with regards to covid only. There’s no similar precautionary principle being considered for the effects of lockdowns.Again, covid

Todd Walker

ToddWalker__

I remember the last time this country lost 3,000 people in one day due to a singular cause. We’ve said “never forget” for almost 20 years. Lawmakers pulled out all

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