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Does every article about an event have to bring up the sordid history of the place it happens? Is Burning Man about the Mexican American War, massacred natives and Chinese railroad workers?

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Fairgoers wear that "sordid history" on their sleeves, and keep it alive. Why not talk about that?

How so? Nothing in there program seemed racial or political.

They do mention confederate flags on display, which is hard to imagine not being seen as political if not racial even in the South in 2023.

They also mentioned playing the song Dixie during the nightly sing-along

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