Do you understand that new ideas, especially when they go against the grain of old establishment, might often be termed "controversial"? Do you understand that

Do you understand that new ideas, especially when they go against the grain of old establishment, might often be termed "controversial"? Do you understand that Cobbin's claim is that existing understanding of the event is revisionist? That is different from saying that HIS hypothesis is revisionist. I think you do understand these things; it's just that you put blinders on in certain situations. Don't worry -- I do it too.