Monday, February 15, 2016

What happened to all the old-school historians?


The historians who valued primary sources and the interpretation of information according to historical context, rather than through modern eyes or through the lens of a social and political agenda the way so many so-called "historians" do today? Someone remarked that every generation writes its own history. While that is true, the present generation often does so without the standards or ethics of generations past. What they produce is slanted, filled with political propaganda and - in many cases - driven by the egos of the individuals that undertake the writing. Once upon a time, historians used hard data and logic-based extrapolation. Many of today's so-called historians play with theses the way a moron attempts to drive a square peg through a round hole. If their narrative fails to fit reality, they will hammer and twist the facts until they appears to do so.
Added (1). @"caspian88", you're 100% clueless.

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