LaffyAug 4, 2023

"History will judge them harshly."

Do you really think that matters to them? They'll be long gone when History--which can't judge anything, it can only be recorded and people learn/remember what took place--"judges" them.

And it'll be too late by then anyway. And they don't care. At all.

Can we maybe choose a different phrase? Like, say, "These vile fascists are total assholes who are destroying democracy and need to be stopped STAT"? How's that?

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Show threadLaffyAug 4, 2023

2/ IOW, History isn't a person. It doesn't "judge." People do, based on what took place and was recorded.

I find phrases like this to be a lazy way of calling out the bad guys. Just call out the bad guys, FFS.

And btw, again, the bad guys don't care one bit how "History" will "judge" them, esp. because "History" can't judge anything.

Sorry, rambling. I'm in a mood.

Show threadSteven Molnar
@GottaLaff Attila the Hun is considered a good guy in Hungary. This was true even before Viktor Orbán came to power.
Aug 4, 2023 at 5:19pmWeb
Show threadLaffyAug 4, 2023
@MolnarSteven Not my point, but okay
Show threadSteven MolnarAug 4, 2023
@GottaLaff Yes, your point is good: they don't care, and History itself does not judge. But my point is that even those who read history can come to radically different interpretations, so the concept of being judged by history is doubly absurd.
Show threadLaffyAug 4, 2023
@MolnarSteven Oh your point was great. Just not where I was headed.