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		flannery on Aug 26, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How the Great Truth Dawned That doesn't contradict the article. Literary truth is its own thing.

umadon on Aug 26, 2019 | [–]

Sure, just weird that everyone is enamored of a "literary" truth at the expense of grown-up historical research.

teddyh on Aug 26, 2019 | [–]

I think people call it “directionally true” nowadays.

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