Historical Revisionism 101

[guillaumeb]

As George Orwell well knew, what we call history can be divided into 2 things.


First, what actually happened.

Second, what is the agreed upon version of what happened.

An example:

First: The US settlers did their best to commit genocide on the First Peoples of this country.

Second: Mistakes were made, but they were made with the best intentions.

One reflects a deliberate choice, the other is designed to make people feel better about what was done.



Another example:


Reagan was a racist and a traitor or dealing with the Iranian Government in the hostage situation. But that racism was ignored by the corporate media.

[brush]

1. Reagan's treason was ignored too, which is why he's still St. Ronnie to repugs.

[pecosbob]

2. That was when the GOP became a criminal conspiracy

the Rs decided that they were right, Dems were wrong and that laws no longer applied to the
Republican Party, that the end always justifies the means.

[libdem4life]

3. ...and California lost it's mind...morals...memory...and read Bedtime for Bonzo

to each other and their kids for years.