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I don't understand how any of these comments make you trust the history less. Can you be more explicit? Is it really as simple as you don't think those things w
by epistasis 5y ago
I don't understand how any of these comments make you trust the history less. Can you be more explicit? Is it really as simple as you don't think those things were racist therefore everything else must be wrong?
- emilfihlman 5y agoBecause there's a clear agenda of rewriting history that puts the weight of social justice over facts.
- dash2 5y agoWell, firstly my priors start off low: https://davidhughjones.blogspot.com/2020/07/can-we-trust-historians.html https://davidhughjones.blogspot.com/2020/07/can-we-trust-his... Secondly, the quote I gave seems obviously disingenuous or misguided, so that makes me trust the historian less. It's hard to see how a knowledgeable person could honestly interpret that remark as evidence of racism.
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoIt's pretty telling that you say you trust historians less and then the response rewords it to "trust history less".