Howard Zinn, an immensely influential enemy of our Republic, has passed away. I prefer not speak ill of the recently deceased, but I can’t ignore it either. A prolific writer and a history professor at Boston University, he helped root generations of unwitting Americans in marxist principles.
Zinn’s warm demeanor and charisma often disarmed the young and naive, who digested his palatable anti-Americanism. Few radicals have done as much to warp minds, promote revisionist history, and transform generations as Zinn. His vile and popular history book, A People’s History of the United States, stands as a blueprint for politically correct history.
John Silber, former Boston University president, once referred to Zinn as an example of a professor who poisoned the well of academia. I couldn’t agree more. He may be gone, but he left a legacy that will take years to destroy, and we will destroy it. Republicans must fight the Democrats, but conservatives must never relent in their fight against the Howard Zinns.
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I suspect he's getting a warm welcome somewhere
Beaglescout (Diary) Thursday, January 28th at 2:28PM EDT (link)From the Father of the Lies he promulgated with such joy and verve.
“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.”
I laughed out loud -nt
E Pluribus Unum (Diary) Thursday, January 28th at 4:52PM EDT (link)Kill the Terrorists
Protect the Borders
Punch the Hippies h/t IMAO
A quote from a sympathetic reviewer
aesthete (Diary) Thursday, January 28th at 11:04PM EDT (link)is instructive in showing where “A People’s History”‘s legacy lies:
“Kazin calls the book a polemic, and it’s an accurate description. Zinn is not neglecting a more objective perspective on American history; he’s rejecting it in favor of an openly political stance that reclaims the history of oppressed peoples, regardless of race or gender. His popularity is testament to both the appeal of such a reading of American history, and the desperate thirst of working class people, people of colour, women and the many other victims of modern society’s ravages for a history in which they are at the centre. I would go so far as to argue that not only has Kazin underestimated the importance of this role for Zinn’s book, but that the academic tradition of objectivity (read: liberalism that favors white men) has played a key role in marginalizing oppressed peoples and derailing social movements. Zinn’s work is an important corrective to this destructive tradition in historical writing.”
“It is a popular delusion that the government wastes vast amounts of money through inefficiency and sloth. Enormous effort and elaborate planning are required to waste this much money.”
-P.J. O’Rourke
It's always interesting to see
aesthete (Diary) Thursday, January 28th at 11:05PM EDT (link)how hated objectivity is among certain leftists.
“It is a popular delusion that the government wastes vast amounts of money through inefficiency and sloth. Enormous effort and elaborate planning are required to waste this much money.”
-P.J. O’Rourke
Zinn Stated Goal For The Book Was To Wage a "Quiet Revolution"
Swamp_Yankee (Diary) Thursday, January 28th at 11:11PM EDT (link)Its marxist propaganda and millions of Americans have digested it, even Hollywood clowns like Sean Penn and Matt Damon. He was part of the sixties movement that wanted to wage an class revolution of consciousness.
I cant stand the man. But will hold back my venom for the time being.
I despise the guy
aesthete (Diary) Friday, January 29th at 1:12AM EDT (link)He and his ilk (and their passive enablers) are exactly what’s wrong with academia today.
“It is a popular delusion that the government wastes vast amounts of money through inefficiency and sloth. Enormous effort and elaborate planning are required to waste this much money.”
-P.J. O’Rourke
makes no sense
Beaglescout (Diary) Friday, January 29th at 12:42PM EDT (link)That reviewer pretends that the people who decide to buy and read that book are the oppressed classes. But the people who decide to buy and read that book are high school and college students who are forced to do so by their professors, teachers, and district curriculum specialists. Are professors and teachers the oppressed classes now?
I think that in order for them to be oppressed, a few of them would have to get fired for their bias and incompetence first. Perhaps oppression is exactly what they need?
“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.”