In the wake of the rioting in Charlottesville, Va., last weekend, all sorts of head-scratchers have sounded off on racism and the role Confederate statues (Robert E. Lee in this case) have played. A friend sent along this Saturday Night Live commentary by Tina Fey:
Strange how the comedians hold more sway in my mind than the more oratorious (if that's a word).
Strange how the comedians hold more sway in my mind than the more oratorious (if that's a word).
On the other hand, I hope no one will forget to bitchslap
the next demi-tasse intellect who quotes George Santayana's "those who do
not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it" when all of history
teaches that "those who do learn from the past repeat it anyway."
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