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Originally Posted by Graebarde
And the damn fools keep rewriting history all the time to suit their agendas, so what really ARE the mistakes of history?
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One thing I've learned, first in getting a BA in history, and then in my lifelong interest in history, is that
nothing in history happened the way I was taught when I was a kid or the way most people today think it happened, or the way our kids are being taught these days that it happened. Kids these days need to understand that learning for them will be a constant struggle against ignorance and those who would keep them ignorant (whether by design or because their teachers are just as ignorant).
As for what really happened in history -- you just have to find as may facts as you can and make a judgment based on them. And be ready to constantly revise your beliefs.