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Given that history is often written by the victor, saying "We Will Win Because History Is On Our Side" seems a tad presumptuous.
by Tharkun 8y ago
Given that history is often written by the victor, saying "We Will Win Because History Is On Our Side" seems a tad presumptuous.
- brucelidl 8y agoThe headline is a quote that is specific to the discussion of her lawsuit against notorious Holocaust-denier David Irving. "Win" here means in countering denialism, not anti-Semitism generally. She means "history" in the sense of the actual facts of what happened, not some kind of progressive trend toward overcoming hate generally.