January 6 and the Case for Oblivion
The difference between forgetting the past and choosing not to remember it
January 16, 2025
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As Donald Trump prepares to take office again, the country is still coming to terms with what happened on January 6, 2021. But perhaps the best way to move forward is to neither forgive nor forget the past—but obliterate it.
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