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Thank you.

Non-academics/non-culture war partisans could do what they should've done in this case: zero-to-one story or take on an issue of minimal importance to public life.

I knew nothing about this case until a few days ago and have no ax to grind on either side. But after review of what's known of the facts, it seems to me that:- 1) He probably did fall short of the expected standard. 2) If he'd been white we'd never have heard about it he'd still be alive today.

This is good wisdom. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you Dmitri, excellent piece. I just wish I could put my thoughts into such coherent order!

I share your anger and disappointment.

Not everyone clicks through (especially the substack purists who need to) and that clip is an absolute rebuttal to the claim they aren’t deliberate strategists of evil as well as bad faith, I wanted to highlight it

Thank you; a thoughtful piece.

Put perfectly.

4. Now that this poor man is dead they are gloating over their gotcha moment, reveling in the exact racism that likely lead him to be (potentially) dishonest about his achievements in the first place.

I feel a bit like this at the minute.