Lies My Teacher Told Me -
Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
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Thursday, 22 February 2018
quote [ Pauline Dakin's childhood was full of secrets, disruption and unpleasant surprises - it wasn't until many years later that she found out why. ]
Hit me because I have lived through something similar, although not as bad. I remember walking through London in a daze, as I re-evaluated everything I knew, based on the realisation that what I new before was a lie. It's obvious from outside the situation, but so easily misleading from inside.
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Kama-Kiri said @ 2:04am GMT on 23rd Feb
Was Warren really in the mob and an abusive alcoholic, or just a unwitting cuckold? I twigged to the gaslighting around the "transmitter" part, but I'm still confused about what Warren thought was going on, or what Stan's family (mentioned initially) thought was going on.
Did Stan really believe his own story (delusional disorder) or was this just the eloborate ruse he concocted to be able to be with the woman he loved, polished over decades? |
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cb361 said @ 8:48am GMT on 23rd Feb
It says that Warren was a heavy drinker and sometime violent, but I don't think there was any real mob involvement. Without input from the other people in the story, though, we can't know what they thought of the situation.
I think that Stan believes his delusion, even though forging documents must require awareness of the duplicity. Actually believing something is even more convincing to other people than a very very well crafted lie. |
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