Re: Presentism

On 4/9/2025 2:17 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

Four hours ago, William Shatner posted this to the X:
 “It’s called Presentism and it was used wreak havoc on history several
years ago when statues were torn down, books were banned and things renamed
to prove how progressive the world had become.  Just listen to my opening
monologue on Star Trek TOS on Paramount+. They intentionally garbled it on
every episode because I say “where no man has gone before” That’s
Presentism at its finest hour. 🤣”

Although Shatner walks on water, he glosses over some harder issues, such as statues that toggle between 'history' and 'admiration'.