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You are applying you modern bias to history. Whitewashing is religious term and shows a clear unwillingness to accept any narrative that does not fit a narrow d
by christkv 6y ago
You are applying you modern bias to history. Whitewashing is religious term and shows a clear unwillingness to accept any narrative that does not fit a narrow domestic view of reality.
- throwaway_pdp09 6y agoAnd yours is the only unbiased view I'm sure. Whitewash: "to gloss over or cover up (something, such as a record of criminal behavior)" (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whitewash https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whitewash) I'm unaware of any religious aspect to the term. > and shows a clear unwillingness to accept... ... to accept your point of view, yes, correct. Provide facts and then we can talk.
- watwut 6y agoI mean, contemporary whites criticized the above too. It is not like we found out those are bad only last year or something.
- dang 6y agoPlease see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24608351 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24608351 and please stop.