Tearing down Thomas Jefferson: ad hominem on a national scale

I spoke this morning with Armstrong and Getty about plans to remove a statute of Thomas Jefferson from New York City Hall. Jefferson, of course, is a great hero of mine, but I'm not particularly concerned about removing his statue; I don't think Jefferson would have been concerned. But far more worrisome is the rationale behind it, which consists of an effort to make Americans ashamed of their nation's founding. That is a deadly thing, as I explain: