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7. The accuracy of that book is not universally accepted.

Thu Jan 20, 2022, 01:26 PM

Jan 2022

No one questions (or should question) that TR was a racist, but this particular book appears to have made some misinterpretations.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-american-studies/article/james-bradley-the-imperial-cruise-a-secret-history-of-empire-and-war-new-york-little-brown-and-company-2009-2999-pp-373-isbn978-0-3160-0895-2/D136CC14AD3A4D158234835E850A48D6

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Theodore Roosevelt statue removed from outside New York's Museum of Natural History [View all] brooklynite Jan 2022 OP

They should put horse & Teddy back, separate the others, put them on higher pedestals looking down.n Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2022 #1

"put them on higher pedestals looking down." and that would not create problems? Escurumbele Jan 2022 #11

I thought Lincoln was Republican. He wasn't any good? Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2022 #24

Whatever you do creates problems. TR was progressive and the others looking down is partial redress. Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2022 #25

Progressive, yes, but with a strong warmonger streak. paleotn Jan 2022 #26

Anyone who still holds TR in high regard should read "The Imperial Cruise" by James Bradley ... eppur_se_muova Jan 2022 #2

The accuracy of that book is not universally accepted. cab67 Jan 2022 #7

I Don't Know If Its Fair modrepub Jan 2022 #9

isn't there an old saying "those who forget history are doomed to demigoddess Jan 2022 #32

It's Not Forgetting modrepub Jan 2022 #33

Telling people one thing and deliberately doing another is not a mistake. eppur_se_muova Jan 2022 #37

Anyone who doesn't should read his biography. Escurumbele Jan 2022 #12

Amazing book LT Barclay Jan 2022 #20

Oh, goody...I wonder how long it will be Glorfindel Jan 2022 #3

If I am not mistaken, that was built in 1935 when none of that was offensive, on the contrary Escurumbele Jan 2022 #14

I grew up in a hunting society in the southern Appalachians Glorfindel Jan 2022 #19

It would be tough to name more than 10 presidents that weren't racist (nt) DarwinsRetriever Jan 2022 #4

"10 presidents that weren't racist." Pantagruel Jan 2022 #5

He was not racist. He nominated the first black person to office and he got a lot of Escurumbele Jan 2022 #15

Including TR's cousin nt ripcord Jan 2022 #21

Our cultural definition of "racism" has changed and evolved with the times FakeNoose Jan 2022 #22

This is fodder for the GOP's culture wars. andym Jan 2022 #6

Yeah, that's what I was thinking jmowreader Jan 2022 #8

Well explained...Thank you...History in a paragraph. Escurumbele Jan 2022 #16

Or just standing there in a suit, life size, on the ground. maxsolomon Jan 2022 #39

I don't say this lightly(1860 llashram Jan 2022 #10

The Cuban war where Teddy participated and fought was against the Spaniards Escurumbele Jan 2022 #18

US interests were in the sugar plantations IronLionZion Jan 2022 #23

okay llashram Jan 2022 #36

The Maine sunk due to a boiler exploding. alfredo Jan 2022 #31

Captain Sigsbee, the Maine's skipper, suspected that the explosion was caused by a fire in... eppur_se_muova Jan 2022 #38

A lot...volumns llashram Jan 2022 #40

Could we replace it with a hologram of Robin Williams riding through the museum? Brother Buzz Jan 2022 #13

Apart from the colonialism controversy, it was a bad statue aesthetically. harumph Jan 2022 #17

Historical Context Ron Obvious Jan 2022 #27

Hurts the leftmalong the political spectrum, - for getting things done empedocles Jan 2022 #28

Roosevelt was a President! Another cancel culture that will cost us question everything Jan 2022 #29

Wait till they come after Jimmy Carter. cinematicdiversions Jan 2022 #30

Just a side note to the Teddy Roosevelt controversy generalbetrayus Jan 2022 #34

I was with a tour group in Saint Petersburg, Russia. tavernier Jan 2022 #35