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I noticed that, as part of the tussle between Donald Trump and the National Archives over those presidential documents, Trump鈥檚 lawyers argued that the National Archives is a 鈥渉ighly-politicized agency鈥� that has put 鈥渃ontent warnings on the US Constitution.鈥�

And that 鈥� is partly accurate!

If you click on the , a banner says 鈥淧otentially Harmful Content Alert鈥�. And when you click on the banner, you get a statement explaining that the documents in the collection 鈥渃ontain some content that may be harmful or difficult to view.鈥�

It goes on to explain that some of the documents 鈥渞eflect outdated, biased, offensive, and possibly violent views and opinions.鈥�

So the lawyers are right. That warning is there. But it doesn鈥檛 single out the Constitution 鈥� it applies to the entire collection. And it鈥檚 not part of a highly-politicized plot to somehow censor American history 鈥� it鈥檚 exactly the opposite.

It鈥檚 there to explain that since the job of the archives is to accurately document American history, all those biased, outdated, and offensive documents are displayed uncensored. It鈥檚 not somehow accommodating the politically-correct crowd 鈥� just the opposite. It’s warning them that American history isn鈥檛 pretty, so man-up deal with it.

And if Trump鈥檚 lawyers think this content warning is the exaggerated fever dream of a bunch of left-wing archivists, they should check out the site sometime. Allow me to quote from one of the more prominent documents I found 鈥� President Andrew Jackson’s Message to Congress in 1830 ‘On Indian Removal’.

President Jackson explains that removing the natives from the southern states 鈥渨ill place a dense and civilized population in large tracts of country now occupied by a few savage hunters鈥� It will relieve the whole State of Mississippi and the western part of Alabama of Indian occupancy, and enable those States to advance rapidly in population, wealth, and power. It will separate the Indians from immediate contact with settlements of whites [and] enable them to pursue happiness in their own way and under their own rude institutions鈥�to cast off their savage habits and become an interesting, civilized, and Christian community.鈥�

I think it鈥檚 fair to say those opinions, just as the website warns, are 鈥渙utdated, biased, offensive, and possibly violent.鈥�

So, my message to Trump鈥檚 lawyers would be 鈥� man up and deal with it. The archives include offensive documents.

Which tells me the documents you guys are so desperately trying to protect 鈥� will be right at home. Once they get there.

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