genocides and massacres
One should always be wary of any nationalist denial of an historical act of genocide. The world's great historians are those who take what is fact -- that is, objective reality -- and help us interpret it. But the starting point is fact.
When a German claims there was no holocaust, be wary.
When a Japanese person denies the "rape of Nanking" in China, be wary.
So, when a Turk says there was no Armenian genocide, be wary.
When an American denies the wholesale extermination of native peoples as part of "manifest destiny," be wary.
When a Sudanese claims not to know of any atrocities in Darfur, be wary.
And so on ...
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