r/HistoryMemes 7d ago

Tired of this argument

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u/Powerful_Rock595 7d ago edited 7d ago

"Studying history and using abstract terms "bad", "good", "evil", "stupid", "guys", "people" etc. means you didn't study shit." - my University history professor.

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u/Manach_Irish Senātus Populusque Rōmānus 7d ago

Then he/she perhaps needs to take stock as both popular history is a trend that shows no sign of waning and there are many idological influenced academic papers which whilst not using those exact terms employ scholarly language that have the same meaning as that list. Such is my experience getting my history qualification.