tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851123804320210700.post7820740009929118795..comments2024-01-09T07:39:04.335-08:00Comments on Down the rabbit hole...: Lies, damn lies and revisionist historyMaster's piecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14231917882994886480noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851123804320210700.post-54217899086592578782011-05-23T12:03:58.059-07:002011-05-23T12:03:58.059-07:00If there was a current example, I would imagine th...If there was a current example, I would imagine that the truth as we remember it would be almost irrelevant as the protagonist has probably persuaded himself of the 'truth' of his (hypothetical) historical revisionism. If you look at the track record of such a person, there are lots of glaringly obvious flaws to be seen in the whole premise, but that stops neither him, nor his devoted followers - a high proportion of whom are similarly devoid of appropriate qualifiers. <br /><br />The truth rarely gets in the way of a good story.MsSparkleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13882581488075749975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851123804320210700.post-16048340832728469792011-05-23T06:30:23.647-07:002011-05-23T06:30:23.647-07:00Revisionist history... yeah... I remember once whe...Revisionist history... yeah... I remember once when in a casual conversation with my parents the topic of spanking came up and they both sat there and said that they had never spanked us children. Brain freeze... eye bulge... cough... choke... <br /><br />Now there never had been abuse. They had never spanked me too hard or too long or when I did not royally deserve it, but they did spank us. I remember dozens of times. One of the few decent things my brother did was take me to one side and confirm that yes they did spank us... that I was not going crazy.xantuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675631517761759089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3851123804320210700.post-4842050618342643832011-05-22T16:49:36.437-07:002011-05-22T16:49:36.437-07:00"In the long run", neither their lies no..."In the long run", neither their lies nor your attempts to right them <i>actually</i> matter. But who gives a fuck? The only relevance is momentary and personal, and--quite frankly--if the moment calls for it (somewhere within your gut) then you should definitely speak up. Not for anyone's sake but your own. And then, just let go of it altogether and move the hell on, <i>fast</i>.Dinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09958060622230053048noreply@blogger.com