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Originally Posted by Glenzig
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No they weren't. We're just far enough removed from their presidencies that we are no longer privy to all of the info. Its easy to glorify people when you can employ revisionists history.
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hence "for their times". not to mention revisionist history adheres to current conservative politics in order to create different views of heroism. politics is a dirty game, but don't go bashing with that "we can't really know history" bullshit-amateur-nihilist argument.