Podcast Episode 220: Did Identity Politics Lead to the “Civil War?”

Conservative scholar Daniel Mallock blames identity politics, in particular Southerners, for the sectional conflict and “civil war.” Is he correct? In short, no, at least in regard to the South. He also supports a type of neoconservative nationalism that would find favor with leftists like Jill Lepore. I discuss in this episode of The Brion McClanahan Show.