BearBear
Archmage
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” - George Santayana
But what if the past is horrifying. What if the past isn't worth remembering or is better left forgotten?
I suppose this is as good a justification as any so thus the past is rewritten and no one argues. Then just as easily, the past is rewritten for less savory reasons, like self-aggrandizement. If there's no one to remember it correctly, what's the harm?
Then even less savory: to cover up wrongdoings. Then for depraved and despicable reasons, or for straight up evil reasons, like to aggrandize the depraved and evil so they can do more wrong.
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I finally understand the anti-traditionalist movement; however, who can be sure if your version of history is the right one? Perhaps it's just as flawed as the one you're trying to change?
If no one can know, is it right to replace a traditional history with one that's much darker just because you think it's more correct? I am not supporting toxic positivity here but I also don't agree with turning historically positive things into negative and shameful ones and with it replacing a traditionally positive time to a negative one.
Am I wrong to thinkhthe history is best left to historians, and to let the tradition stand on its own. Can we teach the truth but allow the celebration? It seems like we do have a lot to atone for as a species, and personally if we perpetuate wrongdoings, but for those wrongdoings we no longer perpetuate in particular, should we personally have to atone for them?
This may be too esoteric so let me reveal a good example: Thanksgiving -> Turkey Day
But what if the past is horrifying. What if the past isn't worth remembering or is better left forgotten?
I suppose this is as good a justification as any so thus the past is rewritten and no one argues. Then just as easily, the past is rewritten for less savory reasons, like self-aggrandizement. If there's no one to remember it correctly, what's the harm?
Then even less savory: to cover up wrongdoings. Then for depraved and despicable reasons, or for straight up evil reasons, like to aggrandize the depraved and evil so they can do more wrong.
...
I finally understand the anti-traditionalist movement; however, who can be sure if your version of history is the right one? Perhaps it's just as flawed as the one you're trying to change?
If no one can know, is it right to replace a traditional history with one that's much darker just because you think it's more correct? I am not supporting toxic positivity here but I also don't agree with turning historically positive things into negative and shameful ones and with it replacing a traditionally positive time to a negative one.
Am I wrong to thinkhthe history is best left to historians, and to let the tradition stand on its own. Can we teach the truth but allow the celebration? It seems like we do have a lot to atone for as a species, and personally if we perpetuate wrongdoings, but for those wrongdoings we no longer perpetuate in particular, should we personally have to atone for them?
This may be too esoteric so let me reveal a good example: Thanksgiving -> Turkey Day