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It's incredibly dishonest to suggest that the demand for a non-whitewashed history is just some crackpot bullshit being done exclusively by Chinese nationalists
by BillyTheMage 3y ago
It's incredibly dishonest to suggest that the demand for a non-whitewashed history is just some crackpot bullshit being done exclusively by Chinese nationalists. It's a widespread and very reasonable demand, and the idea that it has "nationalist" intent is itself a big bunch of propaganda by the west who doesn't want people investigating the validity of history.
It makes sense though; "history" in the west is nothing but pure propaganda. They lie to us and convince us that Columbus and Mother Theresa were good people, or that the US is founded on "freedom". We do need a non-western-centric history.
- mensetmanusman 3y agoPlease share with us the true history your honor!!
- sterlind 3y agothere's a huge leap between "Columbus was a good person" and "Aristotle didn't exist." the former is a matter of perspective, of how you read the historical record. the latter is a conspiracy theory, and requires outright denying the historical record.
- poser-boy 3y agoChina already have a rich literary history, why does the west need to give up ours?
- 3c6bYDXLMj 3y agoFraming this as the West “giving something up” is essentially a dog whistle. I hope that we are all above this.