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Historians are politically biased, with about 90 percent of them leaning left. See Jonathan Haidt for more information on political bias in the humanities. On s
by hnracer 6y ago
Historians are politically biased, with about 90 percent of them leaning left. See Jonathan Haidt for more information on political bias in the humanities. On such a politically charged issue they are not to be trusted and are a corrupted group of individuals. This is exactly why we need a politically balanced team to do any vetting on a platform like Facebook.
Also, to say that protesting in support of a Robert E Lee statue is not showing support for Lee is prima facie absurd.
- UncleMeat 6y agoThe argument has nothing to do with political leaning and instead everything to do with how historians interact with primary sources. It is absolutely consistent with ordinary historiography to say that a statue of Lee is not a historical record of the man. I do hope supporters will stop claiming they are defending history when they immediately turn around and declare that the thousands of professional historians around the country are all fools.