WTH do we do about cancel culture? Debating Confederate statues, law and the new mob rules

Protesters are tearing down statues across America in the wake of George Floyd’s killing and ongoing Black Lives Matter demonstrations. While some statues, such as those dedicated to Confederate soldiers, deserve reconsideration, statues of Union general Ulysses S. Grant, President Abraham Lincoln, and founding father George Washington have also come under fire.

Jonathan Horn, Robert E. Lee’s biographer, joined Dany and Marc to talk about the current backlash against American statues and how to draw the line when considering which statues to keep. They also discuss ‘cancel culture’ and the dangerous practice of judging history retroactively.

Jonathan Horn is an author and former White House presidential speechwriter for President George W. Bush. His Robert E. Lee biography, The Man Who Would Not Be Washington, was a Washington Post bestseller. He is also the author of Washington’s End, the forgotten story of the final years of America’s Founding Father.

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