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>>GavCo+(OP)
"The future is certain; it is only the past that is unpredictable"

- an old Soviet joke (allegedly)

>>emmela+861
i can't understand how the educated left don't see the atrocity of what they're initiating with this trend of rewriting classic literature. We've had so many examples of ideology rewriting the past...

>>bsaul+EE1
I'm educated.

I'm well to the left of the centre right and extreme right that is the bulk of US politics.

( ie. I'm Australian, support national health services, minimum living wages, welfare safety nets, etc. )

I'm not rewriting classic UK literature .. and I doubt many of the political left in the UK care much about ths either.

Maybe the idealogical brush you're wielding here is a tad broad?

>>defros+3F1
Didn't say you were rewriting it yourself. Only you didn't seem offended at all by that rewrite (which judging by your tone seems just about right).

>>bsaul+YI1
You said:

    the educated left [...] what they're initiating with this trend of rewriting classic literature.

ie. You literally stated that "the educated left" are "initiating [...] this trend of rewriting"

I'd counter by pointing out the vast bulk of "the educated left" are either indifferent or opposed to silent rewrites and I'd also point out that the rewriting of classics goes back a lot further in history than any recent events and that conservatives and religuous folk are just as guilty as any "educated left".

As I said, your comment painted a broad ideological brush that appears to be mostly incorrect.

>>defros+LJ1
i don't think a majority is "silent or opposed". Otherwise those rewrites wouldn't happen. I think there's a strong push from the most extreme part (as always), but the rest is majoritarely complacent (it probably makes them feel like they're working toward world peace).

I am also not aware of rewrites that aimed at modifying the meaning of classical texts. I've only known of editor concerned about making the original text more understandable, and truthful to the author's intent.

This is widely different.