@wellerstein beware contrarianism for its own sake!
It also shows that you should raise your eyebrows at the self-serving theses of esteemed professors. http://www.longislandwins.com/columns/detail/high_school_student_proves_professor_wrong_when_he_denied_no_irish_need_app …
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@Joshua_Pollack Of course — but a thesis that seems a little too pat, and becomes a way of belittling an entire people... dubious from start -
@wellerstein that's what I mean - it was a neat bit of "The Myth of" contrarianism -
@wellerstein outcome is also a neat vindication of collective memory
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@wellerstein I like the comment interaction, too; nice example of a historian refusing to walk back a dubious claim (I have seen this often) -
@GWilliamThomas@wellerstein He comes out of the exchange rather badly.
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@wellerstein@Iain_Coleman That is an astonishing story. I would not have thought it possible.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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