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Originally Posted by rubecube
Because what could possibly go wrong with interpreting material that is 200+ years old and whose authors are long dead, and then applying said material to world that has very little resemblance to the world in which those authors lived?
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But... this is literally their job? Regardless of what their politics or stance on how it should be interpreted, they have to interpret it and apply it to the world today. What else should they do?
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