By Selwyn Duke

If your kids could be convinced that your family and its history were irredeemably wicked, what would it do to family cohesion? And would you have any confidence that when they grew up, they’d perpetuate the family’s faith, traditions, norms, or even its name? Next question: Would it be any different if your national family’s children were thus poisoned?

They are being poisoned, too. And in the wake of statues being felled, Western historical figures impugned, a war on the Founders, and the revision of American history comes an entirely predictable attack on the pioneers who risked their lives settling the West. The current battle involves a promise by Ohio liberal arts institution Marietta College to “review” the school’s Pioneer mascot in light of “recent events” (read: the wholesale attack on our culture).

Of course, to many, a sports team’s mascot dispute may seem like a tempest in a teapot.

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