Those who are convinced (by, say, recent electoral campaign events) that
actually being persuasive is an important part of communication, and who
are further convinced that persuasion, especially in the political
sphere, often involves something rather more than a clear statement of
the facts a
t: Re: [tips] revisionist history
How distressing, Dennis. I'm curious how scientists/professionals/educators
who are on "the other side" of an issue (such as believing in evolution when
your school board is pushing for Intelligent Design) feel about situations like
this wh
On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:53:26 -0700, Christopher D. Green wrote:
>Mike Palij wrote:
>> On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:08:11 -0700, Christopher D. Green wrote:
>>> Mike Palij wrote:
>>> A quick search of the internet shows that there are several books that
>>> allege to be historical research and to provide
Mike Palij wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:08:11 -0700, Christopher D. Green wrote:
>
>> Mike Palij wrote:
>>
>>> A quick search of the internet shows that there are several books that
>>> allege to be historical research and to provide public records in support
>>> of the contention that A
Re: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:26:55 -0700, Linda Tollefsrud wrote:
>A Q&A with the historian who caught the error can be found here:
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2010/10/20/DI2010102002560.html?hpid=talkbox1
>She argues " . . .it was illegal in the Confederacy to use black
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A quick search of the internet shows that there are several books t
On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:08:11 -0700, Christopher D. Green wrote:
>Mike Palij wrote:
>> A quick search of the internet shows that there are several books that
>> allege to be historical research and to provide public records in support
>> of the contention that African-Americans served in the Confede
Mike Palij wrote:
>
> A quick search of the internet shows that there are several books that
> allege to be historical research and to provide public records in support
> of the contention that African-Americans served in the Confederate army.
>
And what would be demonstrated even if it were tr
Oh well. Look on the bright side. At least it's not as bad as
Britain's cutting 40% of the budget from higher education.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/oct/20/spending-cuts-george-osborne-axe
--Mike
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> A history textbook distributed to fourth-graders in Virginia last
> month asserts that "thousands of African-Americans fought for the
> South during the Civil War." Not surprisingly, this claim is rejected
> by Civil War historians. The author, Joy Masoff, says she
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> *From:* Beth Benoit [mailto:beth.ben...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 20, 2010 11:44 AM
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> *To:* Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
> *Subject:* [tips] revisionist history
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Subject: [tips] revisionist history
A history textbook distributed to fourth-graders in Virginia last month asserts
that "thousands of African-Americans fought for the South during the Civil
War." Not surprisingly, this claim is rejected by Civi
Excellent study idea! Wonder if that has been done.
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Hi
The allusion to "internet research" is doubly funny. About 10 min with
google did reveal the claims about black confederate soldiers, but also
revealed a substantial volume of material critical of this claim. At
the very least, the author Joy Masoff was highly selective about what
she chose t
On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:45:14 -0700, Beth Benoit wrote:
>A history textbook distributed to fourth-graders in Virginia last month
>asserts that "thousands of African-Americans fought for the South during the
>Civil War." Not surprisingly, this claim is rejected by Civil War
>historians. The author,
Speaking of revisionist history, consider this recent Canadian
(or perhaps Quebecois) example which claimed that the death
of the Quebec government minister Pierre Laporte during the
1970 "October Crisis" was an accident?
...an "accident" in which the kidnappers strangled the victim with
his o
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To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: [tips] revisionist history
A history textbook distributed to fourth-graders in Virginia last month asserts
that "thousands of African-Americans fought for the South during the Civil
War." Not surprisingly, this claim is reject
A history textbook distributed to fourth-graders in Virginia last month
asserts that "thousands of African-Americans fought for the South during the
Civil War." Not surprisingly, this claim is rejected by Civil War
historians. The author, Joy Masoff, says she found the information
"primarily thro
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