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Misrepresentation of historical persons
Nature
Figures of historical importance are frequently misquoted, and sometimes quotations are invented for them as a way of invoking authority for fallacious argumentation.
Broader
Fabricated quotations
Historical misrepresentation
Related
Historical forgery
Proverbial lore errors
This problem is a member of 1 aggravating loop
Aggravates
Inappropriate arguments
[in 1 loop]
Aggravated by
Denial of the Holocaust
Unrehabilitated historical figures
Preoccupation with historical symbolism
Commemoration of dishonourable historical events
Value(s)
Misrepresentation
Underrepresentation
Unrepresentative
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems