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To me, the least interesting or useful thing a modern biography of a historical figure can do is audit the things they said in their time and decide which of th
by karaterobot 5y ago
To me, the least interesting or useful thing a modern biography of a historical figure can do is audit the things they said in their time and decide which of them we would consider problematic today.
- rramadass 5y agoHear, Hear! This is the worst of "Revisionist History". While there is some value in this, it should not become the main thrust of everything about the Person.
- elzbardico 5y agoEvery fascism does that. Fascism hates the past, it must always be rewritten and reinterpreted