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minus-squarestolid_agnosticlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·8 months agoThose things are completely accurate and it’s odd that you would bring them up as examples. In which way is it not appropriate to understand the historical context in which an event took place?
minus-squarethorolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·8 months agoExactly. Imagine thinking it’s wise to ignore the factors that led to the rise of fascism and believe there’s nothing useful to learn from them.
minus-squarebouncing@partizle.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoIt’s good to understand the historical context. All for it. What historical context doesn’t do, however, is forgive the unforgivable.
Those things are completely accurate and it’s odd that you would bring them up as examples. In which way is it not appropriate to understand the historical context in which an event took place?
Exactly.
Imagine thinking it’s wise to ignore the factors that led to the rise of fascism and believe there’s nothing useful to learn from them.
It’s good to understand the historical context. All for it.
What historical context doesn’t do, however, is forgive the unforgivable.