I also said I particularly understand how certain figures get the passions going.
It still begs the question of the current toxic nature of racial identity politics and I believe the man makes a solid point. The MAS type warriors on both sides are tearing apart the nation on this subject. Our nation from the start has been a radical experiment in an idea that no matter who you are, where you come from, your race, or your creed we all stand equally by agreeing to a set of principles and by giving the consent of the governed to the authorities. We have failed that test time and again, but we have always kept on striving. At one point the pendulum was way off for over 200 years in favor of slavery, discrimination, and segregation. To ignore or down play that is crazy. It also needed to be rectified. It’s not enough just to say in 1965 and 1968, that everyone is now equal, move on. My fear though is by letting that pendulum swing to far in favor of identity politics, we are also failing our national experiment. We further risk alienating a large swath of the populace that are decent people and want to do the right thing on race as Murray points out. We risk permanent living arrangements in a house perpetually divided against itself. As we know, that will not stand.