Opinion

Reinvestigating Woke NPR's Absurd 'Trigger Warning' for the Declaration of Independence

By Michael Schwarz May 19, 2024 at 6:00am

The American Declaration of Independence poses history’s most formidable challenge to earthly tyrants. God created us free and equal, the Declaration’s signers insisted. And for nearly two-and-a-half centuries, millions of people around the world have embraced those “self-evident” truths.

Alas, since 1776 the opposite view has never vanished altogether and, at times, has even gained ascendancy. In many cases, those who have rejected the doctrines of God-given rights and equality have openly denigrated both the Declaration and America’s broader republican experiment.

Small wonder, therefore, that the woke editors at National Public Radio have attached a “trigger warning” to the Declaration.

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Michael Schwarz holds a Ph.D. in History and has taught at multiple colleges and universities. He has published one book and numerous essays on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the Early U.S. Republic. He loves dogs, baseball, and freedom. After meandering spiritually through most of early adulthood, he has rediscovered his faith in midlife and is eager to continue learning about it from the great Christian thinkers.