Butler has a good point below: those of us who challenge the current regime of political correctness in academe ARE dangerous to the collectivists and right-wing imperialists who have constructed the regime. I was greatly amused by a comment made by the resident “civil war historian” at Hampden-Sydney College last year when, after my talk on Lincoln, he stood up and proclaimed, “This kind of history is dangerous!” I responded with Butler’s point by saying yes, it is dangerous to men like this who have spent their careers spreading lies and propaganda to captured audiences of 19-year-olds. Presenting previously-ignored historical … Continue reading Those Dangerous Men