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Re:Ask HN: Summer Reading Recommendations? by Shmulkey on Tuesday August 03, 2010 @10:54AM (#1571350)
Zinn is an ideologue who picks his facts based on the social goal he is trying to achieve (imposition of a Marxist system in the US):

http://hnn.us/articles/1493.html:

“Objectivity is impossible,” Zinn once remarked, “and it is also undesirable. That is, if it were possible it would be undesirable, because if you have any kind of a social aim, if you think history should serve society in some way; should serve the progress of the human race; should serve justice in some way, then it requires that you make your selection on the basis of what you think will advance causes of humanity.”

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Re:Ask HN: Summer Reading Recommendations? by Mod_daniel on Wednesday August 04, 2010 @09:43PM (#1576854)
troll much? Nothing, in any of his writing, and certainly not that quote, give any indication of a desire to "impose a marxist system". Sounds kind of like your the ideologue here. I fail to understand how relating the experiences of those who built the country you probably think you value would be such a threat to its survival.
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