Comment on It's that time again
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 4 days agoNo you need to talk to people who have been dead for hundreds of years, your entire argument is based on not trusting historians.
Comment on It's that time again
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 4 days agoNo you need to talk to people who have been dead for hundreds of years, your entire argument is based on not trusting historians.
merc@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Historians are the ones who break through the myths. Myths are what you’re taught in school. In school they told you all about how the US founding fathers were heroic figures fighting for their freedom…
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Did you forget how you wanted to end that or…? 🤷♂️
Regardless, if you don’t think historians are writing history books, what do you think they’re doing? And no, in school they taught me that the US founding fathers founded the US, pretty objective stuff. You know, names, dates, locations, etc. I’m fascinated to hear what else you think I was taught though, this is fun!
merc@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Researching it and writing papers for other historians.
Do you think most historians write popular history books for non-historians?
PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
No, but I do think history books are by definition written by historians.