Confederate Resurgence Shows That, in America, History is (Re)Written by the Losers

[babsbunny]

http://blog.buzzflash.com/analysis/1018

Submitted by meg on Thu, 04/08/2010 - 12:47pm.

BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS
by Meg White

Conventional wisdom from sources ancient to modern asserts that history is written by the winners. I guess when a second round of editing is deemed necessary, we must call in the losers.

Or at least that's the impression you'd get if you were following the news in American historic revisionism. It seems it's only a matter of time before children's history books change all references of the Civil War to the "Great War of Yankee Aggression."

Yes, it turns out that rewriting history isn't just for religious fanatics in Texas anymore. Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell issued a statement this week recognizing April as Confederate History Month, omitting any mention of slavery.

[Brickbat]

1. Heh, Mr. Brickbat and I were just talking about this today.

And it's not a new thing. He's reading Shelby Foote's Civil War and can hardly get through it because of all the apologies and excuses made for the South throughout. He knew it was coming before he read it; he's just surprised at the extent of it.