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re: What is history?

Posted on 12/27/18 at 5:51 pm to
Posted by CSATiger
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Posted on 12/27/18 at 5:51 pm to
History is the recording of prior events. Or- lies agreed upon
Posted by cable
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Posted on 12/27/18 at 5:57 pm to
If I could change history, I would stop myself from reading the OP.
Posted by HerbEaverstinks
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Posted on 12/27/18 at 5:59 pm to
Posted by Lugnut
Wesson
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Posted on 12/27/18 at 6:01 pm to
1 second ago
Posted by SpqrTiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2004
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Posted on 12/27/18 at 6:15 pm to
A lot of folks have a pretty basic misconception about history. Namely, that history is simply past events.

History requires a person to tell the tale. Otherwise it’s not history.

A past event with no one to tell the story is a lost event. Everything we know about the past is, therefore, subject to the historian/storyteller.

History, by its very nature, is not the truth... nor does it claim to be. It’s the interpretation of past events by a person. That’s all it is.

Posted by pbro62
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Posted on 12/27/18 at 6:18 pm to
Your post
Posted by tigerfan247365
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 12/27/18 at 7:11 pm to
You must have taken ms. Deck for American history in high school
Posted by lsudave1
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Posted on 12/27/18 at 7:49 pm to
No but I know her quite well and share similar opinions on the meaning of the word.
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