[El Gato]

That the state has a monopoly on credentials. If even one credentialed historian

I wasn't aware that any state licensed or certified historians. It's accademic credentials that are the key here, and there are many non-state universities granting them. In fact the two schools in question here, Emory and Columbia are both non-state schools, AFAIK. As are many of the hotbeds of academic political correctness and liberalism.

Plus Cramer is not without some credentials himself, having a Master's in History, just not the vaunted Piled Higher and Deeper (PhD) degree. He also is a widely published author, in both law reviews and historical journals.

[EBUCK]

I should have stated "State Sanctioned" Credentials (which you cannot deny is the reality).

And at the time of the initial bruhaha he wasn't in posession of his MA was he? Still a graduate I thought.

EBUCK