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Death / Politics Howard Zinn, Dead at 87; or, Grant Brissey Cannot Tell Time
Posted by Grant Brissey on Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 4:36 PM
"He died of a heart attack while swimming, his family said." The link is to his New York Times obituary. The quoted sentence is likely the only part written today yesterday. Also, [yesterday and] today is are a fucking bummer.
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@ 3, Get out of here, he wasn’t a lousy historian. A polemicist, sure. Did he stray from the fidelity of typical God pros found in standard historical writings, yes. But he was always open about his angle and biases. More importantly, he didn’t make stuff up.
A provocative essayists like Zinn makes important contributions to our understanding of history. There is a strong difference between people who form a strong provocative argument based on historical facts and someone who uses non sequitur emotional appeals. It’s a distinction that needs to made – especially these days.
No history book is the end all. But A People’s History gives voice to the disenfranchised which I appreciate. I’m personally grateful for his contributions.
A provocative essayists like Zinn makes important contributions to our understanding of history. There is a strong difference between people who form a strong provocative argument based on historical facts and someone who uses non sequitur emotional appeals. It’s a distinction that needs to made – especially these days.
No history book is the end all. But A People’s History gives voice to the disenfranchised which I appreciate. I’m personally grateful for his contributions.
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Well spoken man and bringing new insight, shedding light on untold history and how it unfolded.. Great guy who helped open many eyes
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