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Re:We Still Need Howard Zinn by tptacek on Thursday September 17, 2020 @09:18PM (#24511937)
Probably not, just a different one. The AskHistorians threads about this are typically accompanied by more credible left/populist histories; Jill Lepore, as an example.
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Re:We Still Need Howard Zinn by jahaja on Friday September 18, 2020 @04:26AM (#24514309)
Exactly, so to focus on dismissing the book/author seem very opportunistic since the core of the argument is still based on facts, and people should acknowledge the bad parts of their history.
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Re:We Still Need Howard Zinn by tptacek on Friday September 18, 2020 @11:23AM (#24517941)
I'm sorry, I don't understand this response.
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Re:We Still Need Howard Zinn by jahaja on Friday September 18, 2020 @11:50AM (#24518287)
That people should discuss the issue even if one account of the issue is only 90% correct. People seem to be deflecting.
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Re:We Still Need Howard Zinn by tptacek on Friday September 18, 2020 @02:08PM (#24519991)
The story is about Zinn. If anything, the deflection goes the other way.
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