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The term "revisionist history" seems to have undergone a major
transformation in the last century. Just after WWI, it was applied
to the then-imposed borders of Germany and the Versailles Treaty.
Those who thought it vain folly were called 'revisionists". Then, it
went through the Third Reich era and offered a German apologia and
was then termed "revisionist" (i.e. in its worst definition, the
haulocost never happened.) NOW, we see it termed yet in an
altogether different light, in that Thomas Jefferson fathered a slew
of illegimate slave children by Sally Hemings, and the people who
say this are the new "revisionists." Now, just what is the proper
term TODAY., and does this term even have any meaning at all? Are we
to gather from this Gordon-Reed is the new David Hoggan, come full
circle? It seems the term "revisionist" has had a very strange
evolution in its definition. So, that being said, what does the term
"revisionist" mean in today's terminology?
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