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In reply to the discussion: Lies the Debunkers Told Me: How Bad History Books Win Us Over [View all]salvorhardin
(9,995 posts)14. There's historiography and then there's lying
Zinn doesn't lie (indeed, as Kazin has noted, he might effect something worse -- cynicism and hopelessness), but Barton does.
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Just finished reading the article, and was about to post this same point.
Egalitarian Thug
Jul 2012
#7
The purpose was quite plainly to draw a false equivalency, as others have pointed out.
Egalitarian Thug
Jul 2012
#22
There's always been a bit of a slant, but I did see a sudden, very sharp swerve.
Posteritatis
Jul 2012
#17
One of my history profs said to History majors that studying history is a sure way to cynicism.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jul 2012
#15
I finally sat down to read Zinn about 10 years ago, threw it away after 3 chapters
1-Old-Man
Jul 2012
#28