Embarrassment Filters Radical History

The article argues the Weather Underground is memory‑holed less for violence than for being a clownish, incompetent outfit that embarrasses the broader progressive narrative. Burrough’s 'Days of Rage' shows failed street actions, self‑inflicted bomb deaths, and deferential antics toward Black militants who often despised and exploited them. Historical curation favors erasing episodes that puncture prestige more than those that merely involve violence. — If prestige protection, not just sensitivity to harm, drives what we remember, media and education selectively skew political memory, shaping today’s legitimacy battles.