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> is some revisionist's attempt

Yeah, it was in an activist's writings someone was using as a cite to me. Tells for an activist book:

1. hyperbolic language

2. no discussion of alternative explanations

3. mind reading - "surely so-and-so must have understood that..." and "so-and-so's reason must have been (something nefarious)"



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