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Reflections on the film, CIVIL WAR in 2024 Antebellum America

One of the leitmotifs of 2024 American Liberalism, is its  propensity to wheel out, from the crypts of the forgotten, relics of the Obama Liberal Ascendency; to pontificate on the current state of the Republic. Those include Jon Stewart, (the foolish comic who thought Bill De Blasio was so terrific; that he wished to be adopted into his multiracial family, which no longer exists, just like the SAFE New York which existed before Mayor de Blasio no longer exists), Jon Meachem, Doris Kearns Goodwin and Katie Couric. Ms. Couric is a former diva of American journalism; who has been passed by, by history and relevance. Her contribution to the antebellum tension was the following declaration:  “Former TV anchor  Katie Couric  argued President Trump's MAGA base was driven by "anti-intellectualism"….” Of course, MAGA supporters are anti-intellectual, for they have read George Orwell:” “ Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them." To bolster the Liberal Eli