The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Friday, September 19, 2014

Who controls the past . . . .

RNC Condemns AP Exam's 'Radically Revisionist View' Of U.S. History

It's about whether you cheer or boo. It's about spin.

And of course the RNC is right that this does represent a change in attitude toward the American past, though it is by no means a sudden or unexpected one.

Think of Howard Zinn smiling in his grave.

Nothing quite so blatant or crude as omission or fabrication of events or persons.

Nothing outright Stalinist or Maoist in method.

Anyway, not yet.

Time to read 1984, again?

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