Dr. Phil McGraw

So they judge them now.

Based on what they did 250 years ago using today's yardstick.

And that's why they're tearing those statues down now.

It's called presentism.

It's like if you were in a neighborhood and the speed limit was 30 and you drove 30.

But then they came along and said, well, we're going to change this to 20, and we're going to give you a ticket retroactively because you drove 30.

And you said, well, but it was 30 when I was driving 30.

I know, but you should have known we were going to change it to 20 in the future and driven 20.

So here's a ticket, Mr. Rogan.

That's presentism.

And it's happened a lot.

Why do you think they're tearing down those statues?

Because of what they did 250 years ago.

And I'm not saying it was a good thing to do 250 years ago.

That was not America's finest hour.

That was not okay.

But at the time, it was the moray and folkway of the time.

Abraham Lincoln is the one that changed it all, right?

He led the charge.

But yet still people say, well, you know, not OK.