I wish more Americans knew more about history. It might help. To hear history professor Newt Gingrich smugly talking about how Palestinian people were invented-- showing once again his ignorance of history, of ethnicity, and of how conquering a people nor occupying them, none of that erases the existence of the culture who live there. It just means their identity is pushed around by others for awhile (in this case also the British and neighboring nations), but it can't erase their existence as a people (ask Native Americans about that one). I don't know if Gingrich is really ignorant but I do know he panders and reaches out to the lowest and most ignorant denominator to grow his base.
Yes, the story of that region is complex and can't be explained in one quick soundbite but some people vote on those soundbites, and that kind of comment panders to the Rush Limbaugh types. It also shows absolutely, if there was any doubt by anybody, that he didn't get paid that nearly $2 million from Fannie and Freddie for his history knowledge.
He does, however know more than a bit about inventing-- as in himself...
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Hal really nailed it, didn't he?
I hope he starts posting more! We need his common sense and reason!!!
This is an interesting addition to the discussion of Gingrich's invented people-- An Invented People. Of course, given how various cultures like to promote themselves, there is probably a scientist who will say the opposite...
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