You are exactly right. The misspelling of buffoon was a sloppy mistake. Being more (or less) conservative than me is neither here nor there. You had adopted the phrase, used for decades by authoritarian, left-wing nincompoops, and I was referrring to that.
It was a poke at the way history has been simplified and bastardized by the Left, especially in popular culture, for consumption by “the masses “. And it bears little resemblance to what actually happened.
I don’t think that what I wrote is very controversial, in fact conservative commentators frequently criticize the way that public schools and colleges/universities teach history... and it’s effects on popular opinion.
I suspect that you had a knee-jerk reaction to me using the term “history for the masses”.....
I’m referring to the sheer idiocy that passes for history in the mass culture, mostly parroted by leftists who were educated in public schools.
If what I wrote sounds condescending, then good.... I meant it to be.
BTW, you spelled buffoon wrong. If you’re going to insult someone then at least make the effort to spell the insult properly.
And, I’m probably a hell of a lot more conservative than you are.....
You are exactly right. The misspelling of buffoon was a sloppy mistake. Being more (or less) conservative than me is neither here nor there. You had adopted the phrase, used for decades by authoritarian, left-wing nincompoops, and I was referrring to that.
That was the reason I used the term.
It was a poke at the way history has been simplified and bastardized by the Left, especially in popular culture, for consumption by “the masses “. And it bears little resemblance to what actually happened.
I don’t think that what I wrote is very controversial, in fact conservative commentators frequently criticize the way that public schools and colleges/universities teach history... and it’s effects on popular opinion.
I suspect that you had a knee-jerk reaction to me using the term “history for the masses”.....
I think you misread him. An apology perhaps?