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What does it mean?
Equating the demand to forget political past with ignoring religious figures.
In plain terms
Don't tell me to ignore one history while demanding you remember another.
What can you take from it?
Resist calls to forget inconvenient history.

Where it applies

  • debate
  • politics
  • religion

Putting it to work

  • historical study
  • advocacy
  • discussion

Questions to consider

  • What past matters?
  • Who decides what to forget?

Another view

It conflates religious belief with political history.

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