Recovering historian. Still time to impeach the motherf*cker all over again. Save your sputtering, indignant rebuttal for someone who sees it. he/him
Dec 4, 2018 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
Here is what drives me around the bend. You want to argue that the Maccabees weren’t very nice by modern standards? Fine. Next, I’d like you to explain to me who or what in all of ancient or even very recent history meets your standards. I mean *anyone.* 1/
I think about this a great deal as a historian. People in the past believe and behave appallingly by our standards. That's a given. If you don't know that already, you are undereducated. I'm not trying to be cynical, but pointing out that "judging" the past like this is stupid.2/
