Topic: Lin Manuel Miranda

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89: Mass Confusion
• 2:18:20 - 2:24:01

89: Mass Confusion

Rewriting History and the Hamilton Programming

The hosts criticize the Broadway musical "Hamilton" and mainstream media for "rehabilitating" the image of figures like Benjamin Rush. They argue that portraying Rush as a progressive abolitionist is a form of "linguistic violence" that ignores his racist scientific theories. The musical is described as "programming" for New York elites to adopt a sanitized version of history.