Some politicians took heat for saying we need to learn “both sides” of the Nazis and slavery, and they had a point

Learning, and understanding does not mean approval by any means

It’s easy to have a knee-jerk reaction to things. It’s obvious those things were bad. Not many people would argue that point.

There is a reason people don’t want to understand bad things. Here is a story that looks at the issue — of why we need to understand “both sides.” There is also a reason we don’t want to.

https://medium.com/alternative-perspectives/yes-we-do-need-to-teach-both-sides-of-nazism-and-slavery-691b04b294c8