Did the former Premier of Tasmania remove the skull of Aboriginal Tasmanian man, William Lanne after he died? Should William Crowther’s Statue in Hobart be pulled down 150 years later?
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Did the former Premier of Tasmania remove the skull of Aboriginal Tasmanian man, William Lanne after he died? Should William Crowther’s Statue in Hobart be pulled down 150 years later?
Coup d’etat in all but name: NZ’s descent to ethno-nationalism.
Did the former Premier of Tasmania remove the skull of Aboriginal Tasmanian man, William Lanne after he died? Should William Crowther’s Statue in Hobart be pulled down 150 years later?
Is Professor Reynolds, like Bruce Pascoe, ‘Just Making Stuff Up’, about our Colonial History?
Is the new book by Peter Sutton and Keryn Walshe just as Ideological as Bruce Pascoe’s Dark Emu?
Despite claims by some, Indigenous knowledge is NOT Science
Uncle Bruce Pascoe, an Aboriginal man, has just won (jointly with a transgender activist) the Australian Humanist Award of 2021, given to recipients who show outstanding contributions to Humanism, where “Humanism is a framework for living an ethical, meaningful and compassionate life without relying on supernatural forces."
“The articles should speak for themselves, that is, independently of the identity of the author. It should make no difference who the author is.” - Jeff McMahan, a professor of moral philosophy at Oxford University, announcing the upcoming creation of The Journal of Controversial Ideas
“The mark of a really good hoax seems to be that it lives on, even after all reasonable evidence has shown it up” - J. Whittaker, 1992
“In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible”
- George Orwell, 1946
It is with Great Sadness that we Accept Henry Reynolds’ Nomination for The Bruce Pascoe, Best Selective Quoting Award for Distorting History.
Henry Reynolds wants us to believe that the 14th Earl of Morton was, ‘the most pertinent illustration of contemporary moral standards.’ Is that true or just another Pascoism?
Has Henry Reynolds found some ‘political value’ in using the ‘selective quoting’ techniques of Professor Pascoe, and indeed the whole Dark Emu Agriculture thesis itself, in supporting his new book, Truth-Telling?
Henry Reynolds calls the Slave-owning Signatories to the American Declaration of Independence, ‘hypocrites’. Is that true or just another Pascoism?
This post is about one of those little quirks sometimes found in historical figures. It might be nothing, but then maybe in the Post-modern world of history revisionism it was influential? Send us your thoughts!
Has Henry Reynolds learnt some tricky ‘selective editing’ techniques from ‘best-selling’ author Bruce Pascoe?