"A time is coming when people will go mad, and when they see someone who is *not* mad, they will attack them, saying, 'You are mad; you are not like us.'" -- Anthony the great (adapted for language, emphasis added)
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@ColinTheMathmo even if that someone is a woman
@pigworker And probably even more so.
I always have an internal debate as to whether I should quote exactly "as is" because it's what they said, or if I should adapt it to use gender-neutral language.
It's the same dilemma as faced by those doing translations about keeping close to the original language, versus being freer and trying to carry the meaning.
@ColinTheMathmo "sic" is a wonderful... burn
@pigworker Yes, but sometimes I feel that it would be better simply to gently edit the original and adapt the attribution.
I'd rather convey the correct message ... I'll edit this one to show you what I mean.
@ColinTheMathmo
Personally I strongly dislike whitewashing the past.
People did any number of bad things in the past, and each reference is educational for the young.
Pretending the past had no problems distorts the view of the past conveyed to the young.
We learn from the past. We learn a lot of things to never do again.
@ColinTheMathmo
See "O analista de Bagé" by Luis Fernando Verissimo. Not quite the same, but along the same lines.
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Analista_de_Bag%C3%A9
O Analista de Bagé