David Thomson
2008-05-10 21:23:31
“Historians shouldn’t be cheerleaders.”
I cynically describe a number of these leftists as the “leave it outers.” They may not overtly lie—but a few facts are conveniently ignored to serve the purposes of a “greater truth.” If memory serves, Daniel J. Flynn also pointed out the impossibility of learning from history when the historians of note are distorting the record. The Internet, thankfully, is making it more difficult for ideologues to get away with their nonsense.
