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For how long has "denialism" been a thing? Did people in other centuries deny important historical events ever occurred?

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Was Lenin considered an especially brutal or repressive dictator at the time?

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To what extent was Margaret Thatcher considered an "unelectable extremist" in the 1970s?

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How popular was King Henry VIII's hit song "Past Times With Good Company"? How would the medieval masses have mostly heard music that was popular in the royal court?

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I was reading that during the period of the European witch hunts, many secular intellectuals supported the trial of witches. Why?

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Was Hannah Arendt really the "world's worst court reporter"?

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How have historians reacted to and regarded Hannah Arendt's notion of the "banality of evil"?

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Did Soviet propaganda acknowledge that the Soviet Union was supposed to be a "transitional" stage to full communism?

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How was it to attend or work in a university in Nazi Germany?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
For how long has "denialism" been a thing? Did people in other centuries deny important historical events ever occurred?	178
Was Lenin considered an especially brutal or repressive dictator at the time?	97
To what extent was Margaret Thatcher considered an "unelectable extremist" in the 1970s?	97
How popular was King Henry VIII's hit song "Past Times With Good Company"? How would the medieval masses have mostly heard music that was popular in the royal court?	47
I was reading that during the period of the European witch hunts, many secular intellectuals supported the trial of witches. Why?	26
Was Hannah Arendt really the "world's worst court reporter"?	22
How have historians reacted to and regarded Hannah Arendt's notion of the "banality of evil"?	20
Did Soviet propaganda acknowledge that the Soviet Union was supposed to be a "transitional" stage to full communism?	11
How was it to attend or work in a university in Nazi Germany?	10