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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