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[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah his book was basically a giant rant claiming that slavery had nothing to do with the civil war, and it had been copied from copies so often that it was barely legible.

[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Jesus. As a professor, some people out there certainly aren't fit for the position.

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah..... He was definitely just there for the paycheck. I guess you gotta appreciate the hustle on some level.

[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Anyone pushing racist evaluations of our history isn't with any sort of respect.

I don't respect my president for getting away from taking people, I adminish him on those grounds.

Oh, I don't mean his actual beliefs. Just that the scams that him and other professors were running back in the day were impressively technical about being unethical but technically allowed.