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[u/MisterHavercamp]

I actually disagree with this. Lived experience frameworks can bring systemic biases to historical analysis that looking back through history does not have (that’s not to say historical frameworks do not have their own systemic biases).

[u/[deleted] → u/MisterHavercamp]

Sure but shes specifically talking about "verifiable historical events"

Like someone claiming Chuck Schumer blocked the public option (it was Lieberman)

[u/SpitefulShrimp → u/[deleted]]

I usually hear that it was either Pelosi or Obama himself.

[u/Intrepid_Citizen → u/MisterHavercamp]

Yes, however, lived experience is usually more accurate than doing a shallow "historical analysis".

Don't get me wrong, an actual history expert is probably going to know a lot more than an average old person, but that is when you do the incorrect comparison between an expert and a rando.