Yes, it is sad, precisely. And moreover, it is even possible to understand historical actors without agreeing with them--if it were a question of real historians trying in good faith to understand the people and events of this period and disagreeing, I would be all for that. But that was obviously never the point here.
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Date: 2009-07-21 08:51 pm (UTC)