Not this historian, thank you very much

[oursin]

Haven't these people ever heard of continuities and ongoing processes as matters for the historian's interest?

Historians are always keen to identify key turning points: decisions that significantly alter subsequent events.

In context, this seems much more about the desire of meedja types to find some pin to pivot their programmes on - if it's not

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[caulkhead]

Yeats, The Second Coming

(or possibly We can haz second coming nao?)

[forthwritten]

well, looking at long term campaigns and gently shifting perspectives and changes which seem to have all the momentum of a glacier is boring, whereas looking at the pivotal points is interesting, donchaknow. Nevermind the fact that pivotal moments occur against a background of slower movements...

[egretplume]

LOLspeak Yeats FTW!

[ironed_orchid]

When all else is epic fail, lolspeak will save you.