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Well, firstly my priors start off low: https://davidhughjones.blogspot.com/2020/07/can-we-trust-historians.html https://davidhughjones.blogspot.com/2020/07/can-
by dash2 5y ago
Well, 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".