The willful destruction of history is alarming, but nothing new. The Right has been re-writing the history of the mid-20th century for years. They call the left (which is to say anyone who does not agree with them) liberal socialists, and then blame them for fascism and the Nazis.
That they do not explain fascism and Nazism shows that they haven't studied history and the ideologies behind these totalitarian, war-mongering moments. For the Right, what is important is the exercise in rhetoric, not the actual facts.
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Date: 2011-03-28 01:52 pm (UTC)That they do not explain fascism and Nazism shows that they haven't studied history and the ideologies behind these totalitarian, war-mongering moments. For the Right, what is important is the exercise in rhetoric, not the actual facts.