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Jay Brown's avatar

I had been teaching a Western Civilization course for college credit at my high school for 10 years when the University decided I needed more graduate course work to maintain credentials. In returning to academia I learned something interesting. Western Civilization hadn't fallen because it never actually existed. To suggest that it had was quite racist. Armed with this revelation I made sure to double down on my effort to keep this class alive until I retired.

What mattered about Western Civilization was Truth, which the West has completely and perhaps irrevocably parted ways with. Your vision, while tragic (and true) is also hopeful because it provides hope and a path.

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Steve Wynen's avatar

Heartbreaking to remember what was and that it’s gone; hopeful for the future generations that can learn from the best of the West and take it with them! And we who are here now have a responsibility to pass down what we know (as you are doing here) for the torch to go forward

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