The Ghost of The Past

Netizen's  Question: Some Colombians claimed that Ariadna Gutierrez was the real Miss Universe 2015 just because Steve Harvey announce it first, and the first announcement is supposed to be final and irrevocable.  Some Colombians are still committing historical revisionism in the world of pageants.

I think this example falls under historical distortion rather historical revisionism.  To understand these two terms they need to be defined separately and making examples is a must to drive home the meaning.

If we are going to listen to Krasner (2019), he defined historical revisionism as the reinterpretation of a historical account or narrative based on actual facts and aforementioned evidence. The best example of this was  Lapulapu and Magellan.  

I used to hear my history teachers telling us that Lapulapu killed Magellan last March 16, 1521.  Later studies found outthat somebody under Lapulapu's command did the killing. If Ella Cruz could see, we should give kudos to the historians, and the evidence they accumulate that made past events that were somewhat ambiguous became crystal clear as they were clarified and new information has come to the radar screen. This is historical revisionism.

While according to Cristobal (2019), historical distortion occurs when historical accounts or narratives are changed to suit somebody's personal agenda. It involves disinformation and lies to change history one writer Joshua Corcuera said about historical distortion ... he mentioned the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos and how "he was often praised by many of his loyalists to this day. Some of them spread misleading content and lies on social media. 

One example of those lies is that the Marcoses did not steal from state coffers even though several court rulings, at home and abroad, ruled otherwise."

"There is also clear and compelling evidence of human rights violations during the martial law years but many loyalists either deny that this truly happened as they defend the Marcoses from blame. There are even bloggers on YouTube who contradict historians when it comes to the controversies and atrocities committed by the Marcoses."

"Worse, many people believe in bloggers rather than historians when it comes to history. To me, they seem like severely ill patients who believe more in the remedies suggested by quack doctors rather than licensed medical professionals. Obviously, since lies and disinformation are involved, claiming that there were no human rights violations or corruption under Marcos’ martial law is a form of historical distortion."

In the case of Ariadna, if social media platforms such as Facebook and YouTube are being used and taken advantage of, to spread disinformation in an attempt for powerful people to advance their interests... then it is historical distortion.

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• Rodney Anderson

  Ummm. Wrong for me. I’m the bottom pic.

  

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• Ariane L-s

  How a direct person tells a story vs how an informative person tells a story. Nothing to do with gender, but with personality and interaction style.

  

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• Chantelle Channon

  This is so true. Girls get it first time. Boys need to be told so many different ways before the penny drops

  

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• Daniel Rohrbach

  My maternal grandfather would sit patiently for a few minutes while grandma was in a story and then abruptly get up saying he had to check on whatever came to mind. And out the door with the dog he'd go.

  

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• Deborah Hately

  This is a boys posting and what’s happened he’s put the girls story and the boy story in the wrong places because the boy can get very confused

  

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• Heather Grafe

  And really, the world needs both in equal measure

  

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• Nancy Petty Hoffman

  Not true at all. When my husband tells a story he is always getting side tracked. I have to reel him back in to keep him on track!!

  

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• Larry Benjamin

  My wife is telling me something for 10 minutes. Then comes those dreadful words “Anyway, the bottom line is….” This is the phrase that tells me I better sit and get comfortable because there’s at least another 30 minutes of explanation coming up.

  

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• Kathy Dieter

  I adore my hunny man but he can’t tell a story without a road map!!!

  

  

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• Karen Kalal Bosse

  Wrong. I tell a story that stays on track. My husband and his father provide detail and diversion to exhaustion.

  

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• Jim Vernier II

  This definitely explains it.

  

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• Tim Mann

  So true ! Grew up around girls. Was married to a girl ! Have daughters ! And still don’t get girls ! 

  

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• Julie Burden

  Looks like they both end in a train wreck

  

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• Seize Todey

  I know a guy (no names) who’s worse than the chicks AND throws a little of this in too.. (see photo)

  

  

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• Sandra Torbush

  No I have a boyfriend that never gets to the point. Always a train wreck

  

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• George van der Merwe

  Yip, my father in law used to tell his wife to cut the commercials and get to the point.

  

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• Todd Corbin

  I have learned to respect what my wife has to say without looking at my phone. It makes for a more pleasant weekend.

  

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• Graham Clarke

  This really is my wife. It drives me nuts.

  

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• Mary Henry

  Who ever made this meme never met my semi- ex husband. He could add a flip to the tracks! 

  

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• Karen Klein

  And it still takes boys forever to tell the story.

  

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• Doug Forgie

  My wife started telling me a story by saying listen to this! It began at 8:05 am

  She had us across Cananda, back via the USA , swung up north back home, just in time for supper! ,and not once did she ever mentioned the name of the person she was talking about

  

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