Maybe a bit extreme. The issues they raise are worthy of discussion to better understand our history but the reaction of many of these people to any dissent that does not follow their dogma is worthy of a Trump rally, or worse. Is the degree of what they can get away with the only difference between them and the destruction of historical sites and objects by the likes of the Taliban and ISIS? One wonders.
Jonathan Haidt, in one of his lectures, talks about how clear thinking fades away in the light of sacred beliefs. The Right has sacred beliefs, of course, and so does the Left. It's just that the Left's sacred beliefs have nothing to do with mainstream religion and more to do with ideology, values and morals. To a lot of the Left now that sacred belief is focused on inclusiveness and equality, which are great beliefs. But as Haidt said, quoting Aristotle, I believe, any virtue taken to extremes becomes a vice. To a lot of the Left, particularly 'progressives', the fact our ancestors were neither inclusive nor believed in equality makes them horrible, immoral people worthy only of contempt and rejection.
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