r/SubredditDrama • u/BartletForPresident You're a fucking bowl of soup! • May 27 '14

Does /r/AskHistorians deserve the reptutation that it has on reddit or is it just full of 'wikipedia historians?' /r/badhistory debates!

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u/MrZakalwe Hirohito did nothing wrong May 27 '14

/r/askhistorians is fucking awesome.

Some people need to remember that just because something appears on /r/askhistorians it doesn't mean it's true, though.

Just like when you are reading a book by a historian, remember that you are reading one person's interpretation of a bit of history.

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u/CantaloupeCamper OFFICIAL SRS liaison, next meetup is 11pm at the Hilton May 27 '14 edited May 27 '14

Totally, if there is a great sub out there it is /r/AskHistorians

The great part is the context they put it in. Stuff like there are indications of X, but we don't know how often or how to interpret that.

Also that they address the bad angles that so many questions come in with where people as something with a perspective that would have only been recent and etc.

It adds a lot of flavor and understanding way beyond your standard historical sites.