Mr. Kelly really gave the game away when he went on to argue that it was wrong for us to look back at the past through the lens of “what is today accepted as right and wrong.”
Why even bother with history, if you are a Whig Historian, or with journalism, if you are a Whig Journalist?
Professor Kaiser, writing for Time, does the same NYT Whig history thing....
Why bother?
Why not just say, Simon Says?
The reason why not, is that if you are going to argue Simon Says, you might just as well argue Trump Says, or Putin Says, or Jesus or Mohammed or Allah Says.
Their validity is the same thing, frankly.
To see how they, in the past, viewed things is one of the few things worth knowing.
Why not just say, Simon Says?
The reason why not, is that if you are going to argue Simon Says, you might just as well argue Trump Says, or Putin Says, or Jesus or Mohammed or Allah Says.
Their validity is the same thing, frankly.
To see how they, in the past, viewed things is one of the few things worth knowing.
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