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This is the problem when presentism seeps into the study of history. It tends to blind objectivity. When one says that so what if Lim Chin Siong was a Communist, it is clear as day to those who study history that it is a statement with great ramifications. Today, admitting that you are a communist makes you a harmless laughing stock; but in the 1950s/60s, if one was a Communist, one was a terrorist, supporter, sympathizer of terrorism and a criminal. There is no so what.
Posted on: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 23:14:05 +0000

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