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Re:Henry James's family tried to keep him in the closet (2016) by fundaThree on Saturday May 10, 2025 @09:28AM (#43945456)
> They always feel slightly like academics reading into things too much when it's totally possible they were meant platonically or like a brotherly type of love.

Why on earth are you looking for definitive proof of specific claims when it comes to history? That just seems like a fool's errand.

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Re:Henry James's family tried to keep him in the closet (2016) by sillyfluke on Saturday May 10, 2025 @03:49PM (#43948360)
I think you should strive for definitive proof and also acknowledge that you will probably never get there.

To be honest, the title did seem click baity leading to one to assume there was a possible misreading of the era. But I think this should be unflagged because as foldr points out downthread [0], the family wanted the passages removed not some editors generations later?

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43945450

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Re:Henry James's family tried to keep him in the closet (2016) by fundaThree on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @05:49PM (#43989561)
> I think you should strive for definitive proof

I think only mathematicians and computer scientists can deliver this.

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