content: He isn’t a marxist. I believe he’s genuine in his attempt to reconcile differences between perspectives and let the truth of the past and the present emerge without violence. You can claim he toes the line too much and isn’t willing to go deep into the realities of racial differences or ww2, but I believe he is aware there was more going on than the simple narratives we have today. Fundamentally he seems to be a peace keeper. Call that foolish, or pointless, or downright irresponsible; those are all fair. Calling him a closet marxist is overly paranoid and unfair.