The Forward Owes Deborah Lipstadt and Jordan Peterson an Apology

These days, having strong feelings about politics is almost a survival skill, particularly for those of us charged with shedding light on the culture and its machinations. A conversation about ideas, sharp and engaging, is all we can hope for, even—or particularly—when we don’t agree with the opinions being promoted. And we have few resources as meaningful as the study of history, which provides us with a fuller and more nuanced understanding of our current and peculiar moment in time.

But the study of history and its evocation in political discourse is not without its perils. One is especially grave: The impulse to avoid engaging with divergent ideas and diverse thinkers by demonizing them with a simple and indelible label like racist, misogynist, or Nazi.

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