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You are exactly right, Parnell. It is becoming, or has become, perjorative
in the mainstream, especially among the more liberal or open-minded when speaking about conservatives' renditions of the 'good ole days' and the founding fathers, among other things... A revised period or account of a certain personage in history after extensive research and backed by data and sound sources isn't such a terrible thing. Take, for instance, Richard Zacks new account of the notorious pirate,
Captain Kidd...
posted by
saul_relative
on December 12, 2006 at 10:19 PM
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Saul
I totally accept your point. Well stated as always. What I meant is that in academic history circles 'revisionism' doesn't always have a perjorative connotation. It often just refers to a legitimate, well-researched, by definitively new slant on a historical topic.
I think the media is changing the use of the word, and I've heard opinion journalists refer to it as a perjorative term...
posted by
Antipodean
on December 12, 2006 at 8:14 PM
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I would have to agree with you on that, Parnell. Except that when history
is written based on empirical data, or a logical extrapolation thereof, it isn't revised or revisionist. Revisionism is more of an opinionated slant on a given topic, such as all the founding fathers being god-fearing Christians, which is untrue, in order to get a proper perspective on the intent of the Constitution. Worst cases are those espoused by groups such as the KKK and Aryan Supremacists and those radical Christians who place dinosaurs in the garden of Eden with Adam and Eve.
posted by
saul_relative
on December 10, 2006 at 8:59 AM
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Saul
Hang-on a sec - Sometimes revisionists are right and the traditionalists are wrong. Depends on the topic...
posted by
Antipodean
on December 10, 2006 at 12:21 AM
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Thank you, afzal.
posted by
saul_relative
on December 9, 2006 at 11:11 AM
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And I shall, Blanche, until some jackbooted, sunglasses-wearing goon at
my -- hold on, someone's at the door...
posted by
saul_relative
on December 9, 2006 at 11:11 AM
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There's no spin like Snow spin, eh, scoop?
posted by
saul_relative
on December 9, 2006 at 11:09 AM
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Thanks, teddypoet.
posted by
saul_relative
on December 9, 2006 at 11:08 AM
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Nicely defined .
posted by
afzal50
on December 9, 2006 at 10:19 AM
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You tell them, Saul, how it REALLY is,not this air-brushed fantasy
posted by
Blanche.
on December 9, 2006 at 10:08 AM
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Saul
unless Tony Snow tells you what it is and then it is Republican gospel
posted by
scoop
on December 9, 2006 at 10:02 AM
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It is just as you say, my friend! Nice one...
posted by
teddypoet_TheGoodByeFade
on December 9, 2006 at 9:49 AM
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