What type of person dominates United States history? Is it the powerful man who uses violence like Donald Trump and Stephen Miller or the man who uses debate and nonviolence like MLK? Today's podcast analyzes the tension created by the strong man John Wayne vs. the man of books in Jimmy Stewart in the Western film: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance."
Avoiding Biased History
It is completely normal for a person to have biased political views in a democracy such as the United States. But where do these biased views come from?
This podcast argues that one's biased political views partly come from one's biased interpretation of United States history, whether a conservative interpretation or a liberal one.