[RightWhale]

Still, we lack a sure understanding of what this 'history' thing actually is. Near as I can tell it is a compilation of not fallacies but incorrect names and dates. If this is all it is, even if the names and dates are complete and correct it is hardly something serious adults would study to the doctoral level and become professors of. The word had very definite and startlingly different meaning in its etymological root origin.

[SAJ]

Well said, absolutely.

Another alternative might be simply to insist, as a society, that the legendeers and revisionists be stripped quite publicly of their academic credentials, and consigned to -- say -- ''teach'' the English language in -- say -- Washington D.C.

Or, do you suppose that would be ''cruel and unusual punishment'' within the meaning of Amendment VIII ?

[Swordmaker]

Still, we lack a sure understanding of what this 'history' thing actually is. Near as I can tell it is a compilation of not fallacies but incorrect names and dates. If this is all it is, even if the names and dates are complete and correct it is hardly something serious adults would study to the doctoral level and become professors of. The word had very definite and startlingly different meaning in its etymological root origin.

"When the legend become fact, print the legend!" - from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.

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